Drones were the hot conversation topic on Capitol Hill on Thursday thanks to one particular Congressional hearing — and the Federal Aviation Administration ended up getting roasted pretty hard because of it.
On Thursday, March 30, the U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (which is a standing committee of the United States House of Representatives) hosted a Congressional hearing with its Subcommittee on Aviation. The hearing featured panelists who represent key players in the drone industry, including drone delivery giant Wing, the Chula Vista Police Department, WakeMed Health and Hospitals and the University of Alaska Fairbanks, which is an official FAA drone test site.
The committee, which is chaired by Missouri Republican Rep. Sam Graves, had some unfavorable words for the FAA — including words from Graves himself.
“The FAA’s inability to make quick and sound decisions, and stick by those decisions, has resulted in a lack of clarity for new entrants in the market,” Graves said in his opening remarks. “After over five years of trying, the FAA has succeeded in certifying a grand total of one drone.”
That single, certified drone Graves referenced is the Matternet M2 drone, which in November 2022 became the first (and still, to date, only) drone to hold what’s called a FAA Production Certificate. The Production Certificate basically certifies that Matternet’s management and manufacturing capabilities are up to par, thus capable of producing aircraft that conform to a specific design (that has separately been approved). With it, Matternet is the only drone company in the U.S. that can manufacture, test and issue airworthiness certificates for M2 drones moving forward (the M2 drone will be produced in America at the company’s production facility in Mountain View, California).
Graves then cited examples of many other drones that he says he believes should have more legal powers to fly freely — but currently do not. The makers of those drones cite internal delays and efficiencies at the FAA as the reason drones don’t get approved rather than safety of the drones themselves. Among the notable names Graves called out included Wing, the drone delivery-minded sister company of Google. Google tried unsuccessfully to certify an 11-pound, battery-powered drone made of styrofoam and plastic.
“The agency currently regulates Wing’s 11 lb. foam drones using the same framework that was designed for 400,000 lb. airliners,” Wing CEO Adam Woodworth wrote in an op-ed designed to publish in tandem with the hearing on Aviation Week. “Many of those regulations make sense for passenger-carrying airplanes, but not for small aircraft with no people onboard.”
The crux of the committee’s hangups aired on Thursday is that — while the U.S. seems to be a gold standard in aviation safety — it comes at the expense of enabling the U.S. to be a leader in the drone industry. For example, Wing’s most mature and high-volume operations are in Canberra and Logan City, Australia. While Wing has some operations around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex and in Christiansburg, Virginia, they’re relatively small and highly regulated.
Some worry that the FAA — in its gatekeeping of the airspace system — is creating unnecessary obstacles particularly when it comes to an unpredictable regulatory process.
What are everyone’s hangups with the FAA in this Congressional hearing?
Besides the fact that many U.S. policies currently regulating drones were originally intended for manned aircraft, drone industry advocates called out the enormous layers of bureaucracy in the U.S. government that make it impossible for rules to even keep up with the pace of technology in the first place.
Among the other wrenches — and bureaucracy slogs — that panelists referenced in the hearing included calls for collision avoidance standardization. Wing relies on ADS-B technology, and Woodworth testified that Congress should provide incentives for legacy aircraft to adopt the same tech, perhaps through restoring the ADS-B program.
UTM is in its early stages of implementation in Europe but is lagging in the U.S. UTM is short for unmanned traffic management, and it’s essentially air traffic control for drones. The FAA established a UTM pilot program way back in 2017, and many FAA test sites are working on UTM-related projects, but the U.S. is far from Europe in terms of implementation.
Drone industry players say that drones are far more environmentally-friendly than existing modes of transport like gas-powered cars or trucks — particularly if it’s something like a driver cruising for five miles (and five miles back) to pick up a 4-ounce vial of prescription medication from Walgreens that could have been delivered via drone (that might even be able to make multiple stops along the way to other homes, as modeled with the Wing Delivery Network strategy).
“Yet, the current backlog of environmental reviews threatens to stall progress on UAS deployment and operations in the United States and further hamper the industry’s competitive edge, leading to frustration for stakeholders and dissatisfaction for customers,” Woodworth said during the Congressional hearing.
Though, there is some debate of whether or not drones are truly more environmentally-friendly.
Others in the Congressional hearing outpointed that the FAA’s paperwork systems are confusing and archaic. Roxana Kennedy, Chief of Police, Chula Vista Police Department, called the FAA’S COA application processing system webpage (named CAPS) “cumbersome and difficult to navigate…not user-friendly.”
She also outpointed flaws in the process, such as that the FAA requires a single user be registered to enter the monthly required COA flight data in the CAPS system, and only that one user can enter information for any government agency changes.
“The website should allow multiple users per organization this is to prevent any single point of failure and allow an alternate or backup user to complete requirements,” she said.
Decision-making contained to folks at the top, with no empowerment at the bottom
Most of the panelists in the hearing made it pretty clear that the boots-on-the-ground folks at the FAA are working hard. It’s a combination of bureaucracy, paperwork and a lack of empowerment by leadership to those boots-on-the-ground workers to actually make decisions that all seems to be causing problems.
“There’s a layer between the leadership at the FAA and the people that we work with on a day-to-day basis,” said Kyle Clark, Chief Executive Officer at BETA Technologies, which is an electric aerospace company developing vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, in a Q&A between him and Graves. “They are motivated, excited, working hard on what they’re trying to do — without the delegated authority to try to make a decision.”
What else did everyone gripe about?
The whole hearing digs a lot deeper into those concerns and many others — and it’s long, clocking in at nearly five hours. You can watch it all here, where it initially streamed live on March 30 and can be replayed on the T&I Committee Republicans YouTube channel:
What’s next for the FAA after this Congressional hearing?
The second half of 2023 is set to be big for drones.
One of the biggest days in 2023 is Sept. 16, 2023. On that day, drone pilots will only be able to fly Remote ID-compliant drones (except in certain situations, such as when flying in an FAA-recognized Identification Area or if the drone weighs under 250 grams, such as the DJI Mini 3 Pro).
Some of the UTM concerns might be resolved soon too, as there is a big UTM Field Test project being done in coordination with the FAA and executed by the folks at NUAIR in upstate New York which is expected to wrap up this spring.
Congress is making its own strides to pave the way forward for drones in America. In the Senate, U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) have already introduced legislation under S. 307 called the “Increasing Competitiveness for American Drones Act of 2023.” That legislation, published in February 2023, would streamline the approvals process for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) drone flights, specifically demanding that the FAA to establish a “risk methodology” to better define which drones do and don’t need certification.
Some industry insights are optimistic to see similar bipartisan efforts in the House as well.
And for what it’s worth, the House is interested in removing unnecessary bureaucracy to allow drone systems like BVLOS to move ahead.
“We cannot allow the opportunities these technologies provide to our constituents to be stifled by endless red tape and requests for more data and studies,” Graves said during Thursday’s Congressional hearing. “The last thing we need is the FAA’s lack of leadership and its unwillingness to accept new ideas to drive the next great age of aviation out of America.
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Milton Pitts Crenchaw was born on January 13, 1919, in Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
Crenchaw attended Dunbar Junior College in Little Rock and enrolled at the historic Tuskegee Institute in Alabama in 1939. He began his flight training at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery and returned to Tuskegee in 1940 for advanced training through the Civilian Pilot Training Program. One of the original Tuskegee Airmen, Crenchaw was recruited to work as a flight instructor at the institute during World War II.
Crenchaw returned to Little Rock in 1947 and was influential in founding an aviation program at Philander Smith College, where he taught aviation until 1953. He then worked at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, Camp Rucker in Alabama, and Fort Stewart in Georgia until he retired with over forty years of federal service. Crenchaw also worked at Central Flying Service in Little Rock and in various counties in Arkansas as a crop-duster.
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Where Is Jet2 Flying Its Airbus A330s This Summer?
Jet2.com announced last year that it would reintroduce the Airbus A330 to operations and has delivered on its promise. The carrier has leased two A330s from AirTanker, which will both be stationed at Manchester Airport this summer.
Jet2 resumes A330 operations
According to Jet2, both A330s will be based at Manchester Airport and serve several European holiday destinations, including:
Ian Doubtfire, Sustainability and Business Development Director at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said,
“Summer 22 is our biggest ever summer programme, demonstrating the huge demand that we continue to experience for our award-winning flights and holidays. The addition of AirTanker’s widebody Airbus A330 into our operation at Manchester Airport will help us increase capacity and meet this continued demand. The aircraft means we will continue delivering our VIP customer service, whilst providing even more choice for customers.”
Flights scheduled until October
Jet2.com will continue operating the two Airbus A330s until the end of October. Simple Flying reported on Jet2’s widebody plans to use two Airbus A330s in the summer, and the airline has made good on its plans.
The airline has “damp leased” (pilots but no cabin crew) the two jets from aviation lessor AirTanker. This partnership began in Summer 2017 when Jet2 first began operating the A330 and marks a return to A330 operations after nearly three years.
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Jet2’s A330s, G-VYGM and G-VYGL, are less than eight years old and are on lease from AirTanker. These two A330s are the same aircraft to have flown with Jet2 in previous summers.
The first A330 (G-VYGL) entered service on May 1st, operating Flight LS917 from Manchester to Tenerife.
The second A330 (G-VYGM) began operations on May 26th with Flight LS831 from Manchester to Palma de Mallorca.
The aircraft offers a capacity of 327 passengers in an all-economy layout. Interestingly, both aircraft were initially earmarked as multiple-role tanker transports for the Royal Air Force before their conversion into passenger jets in 2016.
Have you flown with Jet2.com on one of its leased Airbus A330s before? How did you find the experience? Let us know your stories in the comments.
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Do all planes have a black box?
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How many black boxes are on a plane?
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The Apollo 11 mission was the first manned lunar landing. It was the fifth manned mission in the Apollo program.
The first Apollo landing site, in the southern Sea of Tranquility about 20 km (12 mi) southwest of the crater Sabine D, was selected in part because it had been characterized as relatively flat and smooth by the automated Ranger 8 and Surveyor 5 landers, as well as by Lunar Orbiter mapping spacecraft, and therefore unlikely to present major landing or EVA challenges. Armstrong bestowed the name ‘Tranquillity Base’ on the landing site immediately after touchdown.
On July 20, 1969, while on the far side of the Moon, the lunar module, called “Eagle,” separated from the Command Module, named “Columbia”. Collins, now alone aboard Columbia, carefully inspected Eagle as it pirouetted before him. Soon after, Armstrong and Aldrin fired Eagle’s engine and began their descent. They soon saw that they were “running long”; Eagle was 4 seconds further along its descent trajectory than planned, and would land miles west of the intended site. The LM navigation and guidance computer reported several “program alarms” as it guided the LM’s descent. These alarms tore the crew’s attention away from the scene outside as the descent proceeded. In NASA’s Mission Control Center in Houston, Texas, a young controller named Steve Bales was able to tell the flight director that it was safe to continue the descent in spite of the alarms. Once they were able to return their attention to the view outside, the astronauts saw that their computer was guiding them toward a landing site full of large rocks scattered around a large crater. Armstrong took manual control of the lunar module at that point, and guided it to a landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time on July 20 with less than 30 seconds’ worth of fuel left.
The program alarms were “executive overflows”, indicating that the computer could not finish its work in the time allotted. The cause was later determined to be that the LM rendezvous radar was left on during the descent, causing the computer to spend unplanned time servicing the unused radar. Steve Bales received a Medal of Freedom for his “go” call under pressure.
At 2:56 UTC, six and a half hours after landing, Armstrong made his descent to the Moon surface and took his famous “one giant leap for mankind.” Aldrin joined him, and the two spent two-and-a-half hours drilling core samples, photographing what they saw and collecting rocks.
After describing the surface (“very fine grained… almost like a powder”), Armstrong stepped off Eagle’s footpad and into history as the first human to set foot on another world. He reported that moving in the Moon’s gravity, one-sixth of Earth’s, was “perhaps even easier than the simulations.”
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Alenia manufactures the C-27J Spartan, ATR42 MP Surveyor, Eurofighter Typhoon, UAV/UCAV, and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Aermacchi manufactures the SF-260, M-290TP RediGO, M-311, MB-339, M-346, and AMX military aircraft.
Finmeccanica manufactures the A109, A129 Mangusta, EH 101 and EH 101 Cormorant, and AB 139.
mbraer’s military aircraft include the Super Tucano, 145 AEW&C, 145 RS/AGS, P-99, and AMX.
EADS manufactures portions of the Eurofighter, Tornado, F-4 Phantom II, AB-8B Harrier, EF-18 Hornet, and Mirage F1, as well as the A400M, CASA C-212, CASA CN-235, and CASA-FITS.
Dassault Aviation manufactures the Mirage 2000 and Rafale and participates in the Neuron UCAV projects.
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March has authored Military Aircraft Markings, an annual reference book on aircraft recognition, for more than twenty years. His current project covers all known military aircraft flying through early 2001. Included are over four hundred aircraft of combat, combat support, training, and a miscellaneous category surveying communications, transport, VIP planes, and more. Each entry is illustrated with at least one color photograph and a second color photograph or computer illustration showing a side or angled view. A typical entry provides a history of the development of the aircraft, information on its current service, and special features of the plane. A sidebar presents standard technical data–range, endurance, crew, and so on. Coverage includes all branches of the military or the equivalent national services.
Assisting users are several well-designed tools, including a 50-page “World Air Arms Inventory,” which is arranged alphabetically by country, service organization, type of aircraft, and manufacturer. Near the back of the book is a two-page glossary of abbreviations used in the text. This is followed by a subject index.
The only comparable resource is Jane’s All the World’s Aircraft, a massive annual that lists all known powered aircraft. Jane’s is arranged by country and manufacturer, but users will not find listings there for countries that do not produce aircraft. A user seeking information on the air arms of countries such as Uruguay, Vietnam, and Zimbabwe would need to consult Directory of Military Aircraft of the World instead. This current, comprehensive, easy-to-use resource is an excellent complement to Jane’s, and all libraries with an interest in military aviation should consider it for their collections.
More than 120 bombers, transports, and tankers, all still in service around the world today, are featured here on heavily illustrated two-page spreads. From early jets such as the Soviet MiG-15 to the $2B B-2A Spirit, the wide range of aircraft employed by today’s air forces is thoroughly examined in text, graphics, and color and archival black-and-white photographs.
This encyclopedic volume is a complete panorama of “flying machines” from the drawings of Leonardo Da Vinci to the most sophisticated military aircraft of the present and future. Includes detailed analyses of over eight hundred significant examples of military aircraft throughout history and seven hundred accompanying 3-D drawings.
Take the controls of the most incredible warplanes in the skies today! Crawford checks you out in the extraordinary B-1 and B-2 stealth bombers, the fabulous F-16 Fighting Falcon, the furious F-15 Eagle, and the tenacious F-14 Tomcat for an information-packed review of their awesome capabilities. Details of the Tornados, Mirages, Harriers, and the new Eurofighter Typhoons that headline NATO’s airborne defense network are also examined.
In the century following the Wright Brothers’ historic flight at Kitty Hawk, thousands of military aircraft have been designed and hundreds of thousands of have been produced. From that massive aeronautic pantheon, two well-known aviation historians have selected the one hundred most significant military aircraft as a centennial tribute.
Among the aircraft showcased in this book are several military aviation “firsts,” a few “largest,” and a number of superlative aircraft in terms of production or performance. For example, the Ilyushin Il-2 Shturmovik was produced in greater numbers than any other aircraft in history, while the Lockheed A-12 Oxcart and its derivative SR-71 Blackbird were the world’s fastest military aircraft. But most of the aircraft in this book were selected because of their influence on political and military events. The unarmed U-2 spyplane was a key factor in developing U.S. defense policy in the late 1950s, while Curtis Pusher demonstrated the feasibility of aircraft taking off and landing aboard a warship in 1910-1911. Among the long-lived aircraft are the Vought F4U Corsair, which “flunked” its carrier trials in 1942, but went aboard most U.S. and British fleet carriers before World War II ended, and was flown from French as well as U.S. carriers into the 1950s. Record holders included the English Electric Canberra and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, both of which first flew more than fifty years ago and remain in first-line service. No student of World War II would question the inclusion of the Supermarine Spitfire and Boeing B-29 Superfortress, but others might ask why include the Curtis O-52 Owl and Junkers Ju 52? In the authors’ opinion, both were significant aircraft and important milestones in military aviation history. Other military aviation buffs will wonder why the authors did not list the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt or the Tupolev Tu-26 Blackjack. The authors explain their choices–and their omissions–in clear, concise commentaries about each aviation era and each aircraft description.
Through words and photos, the book provides an informative and fast-moving tour through a century of military aviation development, from the U.S. Army purchasing the world’s first military aircraft from the Wright Brothers through the bombers and fighters participating in the Gulf War II of 2003.
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OUT OF THIS WORLD ‘World’s first SPACE hotel’ revealed with artificial gravity and stunning ‘Earth view’ cabins for 400 cosmonauts
Charlotte Edwards, Digital Technology and Science Reporter
2 Sep 2019, 14:03Updated: 2 Sep 2019, 14:03
DESIGNS for the ‘first space hotel’ have been revealed and it’s as weird and futuristic as you would expect.
The orbiting space station is designed to accommodate 400 guests and has facilities that you find in top hotels such as restaurants, bars and a cinema.
The commercial space hotel has been designed by The Gateway Foundation.
It has called the creation the Von Braun Space Station and has plans for it to build upon technology that is already used in the International Space Station (ISS).
However, instead of being used for scientific purposes, it would be more like an orbiting cruise ship with luxury accommodation and cocktail bars.
The designers also think there will be space for educational seminars in the hotel though.


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10-11-2021: Talk by Dr. F. Lang
On November 10th, Felix Lang a Postdoc in the PotsdamPero group at the University of Potsdam (Germany) will present his talk on :
” Perovskite-based Tandem Photovoltaics for Near-Earth, Moon, Mars and Deep Space Applications
From Radiation Tolerance to Open Challenges “
Efficient perovskite-based multijunction solar cells with a high efficiency-to-mass ratio promise a next-generation of lightweight, flexible solutions to power private space exploration, low-cost space missions, as well as future habitats on the Moon and Mars.
This presentation will review the potential of perovskite-based multijunction solar cells – be it perovskite/silicon, perovskite/CIGS, or perovskite/perovskite – for space applications. I will show that current state-of-the-art systems already offer unparalleled power-to-weight ratios and then focus on radiation tolerance, a crucial prerequisite for any space application.
Monolithic perovskite/perovskite tandem PV especially exhibit an extraordinary resilience to the harsh radiation environment in space. I will present tests under 68 MeV proton irradiation that reveal negligible degradation (< 6%) at a dose of 1013 p+/cm2 where even III-V semiconductor-based space PV degrade >22%. Interestingly there are quite distinct degradation mechanisms between the two systems. High-spatial-resolution PL microscopy, for example, reveals defect clusters in GaAs being responsible for the degradation of current space-PV. On the contrary, there is negligible reduction in PL of the individual perovskite subcells. In fact, bare low-gap and high-gap perovskite absorbers exhibit identically high VOC, FF, and efficiency potentials after irradiation, rendering all-perovskite tandems highly interesting for thin, lightweight, large-area space PV modules & solar blankets.
Lastly, I will discuss open challenges regarding the many extremes in outer space, from UV-A, UV-B & VUV to extreme temperature cycles, Atomic-Oxygen, and LILT conditions.


|CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT MICHAEL D. ABBOTT|
Chief Master Sergeant Michael D. Abbott is the Command Chief Master Sergeant, 153rd Airlift Wing, Wyoming Air National Guard. The 153rd Airlift Wing supports the State of Wyoming, the Air National Guard and the United States Air Force with peacetime and combat airlift missions throughout the world. The 153rd Airlift Wing is equipped with eight, C-130H aircraft and consists of more than 1,200 personnel across 20 squadrons. The 153rd Airlift Wing also has capabilities for aerial firefighting (Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System), aero-medical evacuation response, command and control missions, and air traffic control.
Chief Abbott began his career in January 1992 and became a full time employee shortly after graduating from the U.S. Air Force Security Forces Academy at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. During the following years, he has held positions as wing Anti-Terrorism Officer, Squadron Superintendent, Squadron Resource Advisor, member of the state Anti-Terrorism Joint Task Force through the state Attorney General's Office. Chief Abbott has worked with the Joint Staff working on several projects for the Governor's office through Operations (J3) and Strategic Plans and Policy (J5) offices.
Prior to his current position, he served as the Chief Enlisted Manager, 153rd Security Forces Squadron.
1994 USAF Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Course, by correspondence
1995 U.S Customs and Border Patrol Military Accepted, Cheyenne, Wyo.
2001 Urban Warfare School, Camp Gruber, Okla.
2002 USAF Noncommissioned Officer Academy, by correspondence
2002 Associates of Arts Psychology, Laramie County Community College, distinction, Cheyenne, Wy.
2003 Associate of Applied Science in Criminal Justice, Community College of the Air Force
2005 USAF Noncommissioned Officer Academy, by correspondence
2005 Army Corps of Engineers Security Engineering, F.E Warren AFB, Wyo.
2006 Anti-Terrorism Level II Course, Portland, Oregon
2006 Homeland Security Weapons of Mass Destruction Course, Cheyenne, Wyo.
2006 Incident Response to Terrorist Bombings, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
2009 Integrated Defense Risk Management Course, Scott AFB, Ill.
2011 Air National Guard Chiefs Executive Course, Washington D.C
2011 Air Force Chiefs Leadership Course, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2011 Security Forces Chief's Manager Course, Lackland AFB
2013 ANG Command Chief Orientation Course, Lackland AFB
2014 Enterprise Leadership Seminar, UNC Kegler School of Business, North Carolina
2014 Bachelors or Arts Human Development, Amridge University
1. April 1992 - May 1992, Trainee, Basic Military Training Lackland AFB, Texas
2. May 1992 - July 1992, Student, Security Forces, Lackland AFB, Texas
3. July 1992 - May 2000, Security Forces Journeyman, 153rd Security Forces Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
4. May 2000 - May 2002, Security Forces Craftsman, 153rd Security Forces Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
5. May 2002 - June 2006, Wing Anti-Terrorism Officer, 153rd Security Forces Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
6. June 2006 - Dec 2009, Security Forces Superintendent, 153rd Security Forces Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
7. December 2009 - March 2013, Security Forces Manager, 153rd Security Forces Squadron, Cheyenne, Wyo.
8. March 2013 - present, Command Chief Master Sergeant, 153rd Airlift Wing, Cheyenne, Wyo.
AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Meritorious Service Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Achievement Medal with one oak leaf cluster
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with Valor
Air Reserve Forces Meritorious Service Medal with one silver oak leaf cluster and two bronze oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Air Force Overseas Short Tour Ribbon
Air Force Longevity Service with four bronze oak leaf clusters
Armed Forces Reserve Medal with mobilization device and silver hourglass
Small Arms Expert Marksmanship ribbon with bronze star
Air Force Training Ribbon
Wyoming National Guard Distinguished Service Medal
Wyoming National Guard Achievement Medal
Wyoming National Guard Service Ribbon
1992 Outstanding Young American
1995 Airman of the Quarter
2002 Outstanding performer state Quick Reaction Force
2004 Outstanding performer, Wing Inspection, Air Mobility Command Inspector General
2009 Resource Advisor of the Quarter
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Airman Oct. 13, 1992
Airman First Class April 23, 1993
Senior Airman Nov. 25, 1993
Staff Sergeant Feb. 5, 1996
Technical Sergeant May 12, 2000
Master Sergeant May 12, 2002
Senior Master Sergeant June 19, 2006
Chief Master Sergeant July 1, 2010
(Current as of August 2014)


|Subject: Wow! / Cool. / Hmmm, that's interesting|
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|OK... I should really confer with my former supervisor to confirm the numbers, but here's from memory...|
OK... so shortly after a shuttle launches, you see it roll 180 degrees from launch orientation. Now we know that the proper orientation for the shuttle during its assent phase is orbiter down. So why doesn't it launch that way? The short answer is because it would have cost $1billion extra in 1980 to build a dedicated launch pad for the shuttle. Instead they rededicated one of the original Saturn (Apollo) launch pads. Now, keep in mind that the Saturn rockets were round, symmetrical, they had no preferred orientation other than "UP". The Shuttle is semi-asymmetrical, it has an "up" and a "down". If NASA had spent $1billion extra in 1980 for a dedicated launch pad to accommodate the orbiter down orientation of the shuttle it would have saved the equivalent of more than 10,000 pounds of payload capacity in fuel.
In other words, the equivalent of a small satellite per every shuttle launch was burned just to rotate the shuttle because they reused the launch pad from the Apollo era.
Hey, a Billion dollars is still a big number. But averaged over the 30 year life span of the shuttle program,.. A billion dollars seems cheap. Just think about how much it would cost to launch over 100 satellites. That's how much NASA "saved" by reusing an Apollo launch pad.


Was the 1950 flying saucer crash near the US-Mexico border real or part of an elaborate misinformation campaign?
The 1970s had many interesting UFO cases, many of which are unknown or poorly researched.
On a lonely mountain road a man met up with a group of blond aliens and boarded their flying saucer.
The skies over one of the largest cities in the world have hosted many unidentified aerial crafts.
Strange humanoids and UFOs have been spotted in and around Mexico’s volcanoes
In 1974 a UFO crashed into a plane in the skies of Chihuahua. Is the story a hoax?


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The next generation of air traffic control systems will be “virtual” in that they will have a virtual air interface, the Air Traffic Control Association (ATSCA) has announced.
The move is designed to improve the air traffic management process, particularly when it comes to managing aircraft movements.
In the past, the main air traffic controllers and air traffic operations management (ATM) personnel had to interact with a computerised network to manage aircraft movements, which was time-consuming and slow.
The ATSCA’s new approach will allow for the virtualisation of aircraft movements in real time.
The aim is to ensure that the controllers have more time to plan and control aircraft movements and that there is no downtime between the times when the controllers are in the air.
The new approach to air traffic controls is a significant step forward for the industry and has been heralded by aviation experts and privacy advocates alike.
However, the ATSCA has been criticised for not taking a broader view on the issue.
The FAA has been pushing for the FAA to introduce a virtualized system for the past three years, and the ATCA said it was “not convinced” that the FAA would adopt the virtualized approach.
The Virtualization of Aircraft Movement, which is now in the final stages of testing, is an FAA proposal that is likely to be adopted by the FAA as soon as this year.
The virtualized air interface would allow the controllers to use a “virtual terminal” to communicate with each other and other aircraft, allowing for faster, more efficient and secure operation.
ATCAs new approach would allow for virtualisation, but the technology will be used to “maintain” the air interface and will not be used in the production of airframes.
The aircrafts virtualisation will be controlled using a “digital signal processing system”, which will have the ability to “receive, process and transmit data from aircraft systems, as well as to receive and process data from other air traffic data centres”.
This system will also provide a virtual access point for the controllers, enabling them to communicate in real-time with other aircraft systems.
The Air Traffic System will allow the “virtual access point” to be “assigned to the primary aircraft”.
The “primary aircraft” is the one which controls the aircraft and is “typically the aircraft of the flight plan”.
The ATCACA has not yet released details of how the AAS will be connected to the virtual interface, but it is likely that the controller will be able to “de-select” the “primary” aircraft to be used for the purposes of the virtual operation.
“This virtual terminal will allow aircraft operations to be performed from the air system itself, allowing a much faster, safer and more efficient operation of aircraft,” said ATSACA Chairman and CEO Steve Wiltse in a statement.
“AAS will enable an aircraft operator to seamlessly and securely manage and control its own aircraft and air systems while operating in real space.”
In the meantime, the FAA has announced that it will require that all FAA-licensed air traffic controller positions be filled by the end of 2021, and that those positions must be filled with the highest qualifications possible.


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"Column 8," Sydney Morning Herald, March 24, 2004
Rendered in plain English, the sentence would read:
"Spirit, the first Mars exploration rover, used its rock abrasion tool to grind into a rock nicknamed for an Eastern mountain range one Mars day ago while receiving adequate power from its solar panels, even though there was a large amount of dust suspended in the martian atmosphere above its landing site, named after a 19th century Russian astronomer."
Andrew Bridges, "Mars mission spawns its own unworldly lingo," The Associated Press, February 22, 2004
"We'll basically be waking up in the Mars morning, which will be 47 minutes later each day, and uploading our commands from 'yestersol,'" he said. "Sol is what a Mars day is called. We've had to make a bunch of new terms to deal with Mars time. Of course, we haven't come up with a name for tomorrow on Mars. We're open to suggestions."
Sue Vorenberg, "Mars Central," Albuquerque Tribune (New Mexico), December 19, 2003


KATHMANDU, Nepal — A search was underway in Nepal on Sunday for a small plane with 22 people aboard that went missing during a flight to a Himalayan tourist destination, officials said.
The Tara Air plane, a Canadian-made de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otter, which was carrying 19 passengers and three crew members, took off from the central city of Pokhara on Sunday morning, headed for Jomsom, a village high in the Himalayas. Air traffic controllers lost contact with the plane during the flight, which normally takes about 30 minutes.
Netra Prasad Sharma, the top official in the Mustang district, which includes Jomsom, said the area was dense with fog on Sunday. “Weather is not good,” he said.
Jomsom is a popular tourist destination with trekkers because of its starkly beautiful snow-capped mountains. Hindu pilgrims from India, Nepal and other countries also visit to pray at the Muktinath Temple.
Thirteen of the passengers on the plane were Nepalis, four were Hindu pilgrims from India and two were German trekkers, said Sudarshan Bartaula, a Tara Air spokesman.
Helicopters deployed for the search had to be grounded because of bad weather. Local residents were also searching for the plane, Mr. Bartaula said.
People in Nepal rely on small, twin-engine planes to reach far-flung parts of the mountainous country, and crashes are common. In 2016, a Tara Air plane crashed while flying the same route as the one that disappeared on Sunday. None of the 23 passengers and crew members on that flight survived.
Bad weather, difficult terrain and aging planes are often blamed for crashes in Nepal. The European Union has banned Nepalese airlines from its airspace since 2012, citing the frequency of crashes. In March, the E.U. denied Nepal’s latest request for the ban to be lifted.


IV International Military-Scientific Conference "Directions for improving the integrated air defense system of the CIS member states in the interests of solving the tasks of aerospace defense in modern conditions"01.03.2019
On February 28, representatives of the CSTO Joint Staff took part in the work of the IV International Military Scientific Conference on the theme: “Improving the joint air defense system of the CIS member states in order to solve the problems of aerospace defense in modern conditions”. The event was held in the city of Tver at the Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov Military Academy of Aerospace Defense .
The conference was attended by representatives of the Main Command of the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation, higher military educational institutions, research organizations and industry.
The theme of the conference is relevant for the CSTO in the light of the work to improve the joint use of troops, forces and means performing the air defense missions of the CSTO member states.
Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff of the CSTO Lieutenant-General Aviation Nurlan Ormanbetov made a report on the possibility of adapting the joint air defense system of the CIS member states to solve problems in the interests of the CSTO.
Head of the Department of Operative Art of the Academy, Candidate of Military Sciences, Associate Professor, Colonel Vitaly Tikshaev in his report noted the need to create in the Central Asian region a supranational body managing the air defense of the region.
During the plenary session, the conference participants were presented 11 reports. The speakers noted the importance of using the experience of military operations in the Syrian Arab Republic for the development of military science.
In the framework of the conference, the CSTO flag was presented to the leadership of the Central Research Institute of the Aerospace Defense Forces of the Russian Defense Ministry, which is the main research organization of the CSTO in the field of research on air defense and missile defense.


It has just been 50 years since the launch of ‘Sputnik’ and, with it, the start of the space race. What was the use of all the money invested in it?
Space is an investment. Often we don’t know what we’re investing in, that’s true. In the 1960s, when the first trip to the Moon was planned, we had no idea what we were going to achieve. That tape recorder you use, for example. Everything that is digital, and everything that is miniaturized, comes out of the space race. In addition to the exploration of the unknown, which is characteristic of the human being, the space race provides us with things that we cannot foresee but that end up changing the world in which we live.
And are manned missions still necessary? Robots have evolved so much that some people argue about it.
I recently agreed with the principal investigator of the rovers mission on Mars, Spirit and Opportunity. They had a three-month mission planned and have been there for years. As he explained to me, what those robots should have done in three months could have been done by one person in one day. I’m not saying that human exploration is more important than robotics. I think both have to be done because we don’t yet have the technology to get humans to Mars. But the day will come when we have it.
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When will that be?
In 30 or 40 years we will reach Mars. And we will go back to the Moon, before then, in 2020. It’s not science fiction, vehicles are already being designed for it. The next U.S. space vehicle will be called Orion, and the first manned launch will be in 2014 for the International Space Station (ISS). We’ll get to the moon in 2020, or maybe 2025; big money programs always fall behind. But if there aren’t big changes in U.S. space policy, we’ll be there in 10 or 15 years. It’s about establishing an exploration base for the Mars voyage.
What will be the future of the ISS if the Moon becomes the base for space exploration?
All the documentation says it will be finished by the end of 2015, but I’m sure the modules will last longer. The station can survive that date. Like all space exploration, manned and unmanned, it is a matter of political will.
NASA has decided to stop using shuttle ships to use soyuz ones. But they are less technologically advanced…
Shuttles are much more sophisticated, but the decision was more of a budget. We have three programmes, the IEE programme, the shuttle programme and the Orion programme, and funding all three is very expensive.
Does NASA need more money?
As a customer I will always say yes, but today we have a budget above what we have had in recent years. You can’t compare it to the Apollo era, but it’s more than we had lately.
In recent months, countries like China, Japan or India have announced missions to the Moon. Is this new space race positive?
The director general of NASA says, and I don’t know if he really says it, that when we get to the Moon there is still a Chinese flag there. He does believe it can be a catalyst for our political will. I think it’s a good thing.
How do you see European industry?
Europe has been prepared to launch a manned ship for quite a few years now. What is lacking is that political and public will which, in other words, is money.
The possibility of life on Mars is being discussed these days, but is that the aim of space exploration? Isn’t this obsession with extraterrestrial life a way of promoting missions?
That’s an interesting question. It should not be obsession, but we return to the same subject: all this depends on money, which, in turn, depends on political will and this, in the end, depends on public will. If we can encourage people thinking that we are going to find extraterrestrials, or at least a sign that there has been life, the public is more interested. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but it is.
So it’s a marketing tool…
It’s like sensationalism. He sells newspapers, but ideally that’s not the case.
ESA (European Space Agency) has just opened a selection process to look for new astronauts. What qualities do you think they should have?
I think three things are needed. One is to know how to work in a team, another is to have experience and operational ability (to know how to use machines and tools) and the third is to learn quickly. And to react quickly, too.
And is the work as fascinating as you might think?
Yes, travelling into space is incredible, but apart from that, having the opportunity to participate in an event like this, and to sit at a table with five Nobel Prize winners, would never have happened if I had not been an astronaut. I’m sure every astronaut would say the same thing, that we’ve been very lucky to get this job. We have won the lottery.


The DOT and FAA have finalized rules for Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS). These regulations will create new opportunities for business and government to use drones. “We are part of a new era in aviation, and the potential for unmanned aircraft will make it safer and easier to do certain jobs, gather information, and deploy disaster relief,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “We look forward to working with the aviation community to support innovation, while maintaining our standards as teh safest and most complex airspace in the world.”
According to industry estimates, the rule could generate more than $82 billion for the U.S. economy and create more than 100,000 new jobs over the next 10 years. The new rule taking effect in late August, 2016, offers safety regulations for unmanned aircraft drones weighing less than 55 pounds that are conducting non-hobbyist operations. The new operational rules may be retrieved at http://www.faa.gov/uas/media/Part_107_Summary.pdf.
So, why a comment on this web site? I project that Google Street View | Trusted PRO photographers will be adding elevated imagery captured using a drone to enhance the results of image captures of businesses that will post to Google Maps, Google +, Google My Business and other Google properties that will display search engine results (SERP) when ‘googling’ for businesses.
Now a component of services offered. The recently added DRONE provides elevated imagery and video to further enhance available imagery to show your business


atmosphere at 12 kilometres per second before landing at Woomera
“THE seven-year, 5-billion-kilometre space odyssey of Japanese spaceship Hayabusa ended in the
red sand of the Australian outback yesterday, when a capsule that scientists
hope contains clues to the origin of our solar system touched down.
After streaking across the dark desert sky like a comet, the basketball-sized capsule, which researchers
hope contains asteroid dust, parachuted to South Australia's remote Woomera
while the 510 kilogram spaceship disintegrated in the Earth's atmosphere.
The spectacle, watched by hundreds of anxious scientists around the world, marked the first space landing
in Australia and the first time samples have been collected from the asteroid


Decision Making Single Pilot
A safe flight relies on making the right choices. Decision Making is a major factor in aircraft accidents and incidents. Accident data show that the majority of fatal accidents are attributable to decision errors rather than to errors of perception and action. It is therefore essential to make good decisions before and during the flight.
Prepare your flight thoroughly considering for instance weather, airspace, airports, aircraft state, fuel endurance and physical and mental fitness, and plan for contingencies. Once airborne, continually monitor what’s going on to maintain situational awareness and act accordingly. Be ready to adapt or deviate from the plan as the situation evolves.


Newton Design has provided military simulation and training equipment which is used by all branches of the U.S. military. Our past performance experience includes emergency egress, aircraft cabin, and aircrew training simulators. We have considerable subcontracting and teaming experience, providing crucial mechanical/structural design and manufacturing services for a multitude of Department of Defense contracts. Examples include:
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The latest aircraft in the Qantas Indigenous Flying Art Series has touched down in Sydney with traditional Aboriginal artwork paying homage to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture – the oldest continuing culture on Earth.
The brand new, multi-billion dollar 737-800, dubbed ‘Mendoowoorrji’, was inspired by the 2005 artwork ‘Medicine Pocket’ by the late artist and founder of the Warmun art movement, Paddy Bedford, aka Goowoomji.
The aircraft was aptly named after Paddy’s mother’s country in the East Kimberley region of Western Australia and captures the beautiful landscape’s essence.
This is the fourth aircraft in the Qantas Flying Art Series and marks yet another successful collaboration spanning two decades between Qantas and Australia’s leading Indigenous art, strategy and communications company, Balarinji.
Qantas and Balarinji have worked together on other aircraft insignia projects and design work including the current Qantas uniform and the first Indigenous insignia ‘Wunala Dreaming’ on a B747 aircraft in 1994.
“It is a privilege to once again work with Qantas on an iconic Indigenous art aircraft, especially in our studio’s 30th year. Our partnership with Qantas is a wonderful celebration of Indigenous design, which carries artwork from the world’s oldest continuing culture to all corners of the globe,” says Balarinji’s Creative Director, Ros Moriarty.
On board the ferry flight from Seattle that touched down on home soil on Monday included including Kathy Watson, the proud daughter of artist Paddy Bedford, Ros Moriarty, community elders and Qantas Ambassador Adam Goodes.
They were greeted on arrival by Qantas Chief Executive Officer Alan Joyce and Minister for Tourism, George Souris. Mr Joyce said he was excited to see the aircraft for the first time as it touched down in Sydney from Boeing’s factory in Seattle.
“As the national carrier, Qantas has a proud history of featuring Indigenous art throughout its fleet and we are pleased to welcome the newest aircraft in our Indigenous flying art series,” said Mr Joyce.
Mr Souris said that Sydney and NSW were pleased to welcome this new addition to the Qantas fleet and it will be admired by everyone lucky to board it.“The aircraft is a tribute to Aboriginal art and culture and is aimed at promoting cultural diversity and appreciation of Australia’s Indigenous heritage.”
“Sydney and NSW extend a warm welcome to this new Qantas aircraft and its wonderful contemporary art which captures the essence of our landscape and heritage. I am sure that international and domestic travellers will be thrilled to travel in such a wonderful aircraft,” Mr Souris said.
For the first time in the airline’s 93 year history, the iconic Qantas tail has been incorporated in the design, with the airline’s trademark red tail colour behind the white kangaroo altered to match the earthy tones of Paddy Bedford’s art work.
“Mendoowoorrji” will fly to Broome and Canberra for promotional visits in coming weeks after it enters service across the Qantas domestic network. It will also operate east-west and intra WA flights as part of its regular scheduled services.


Waiting on Virgin Galactic
Elk Grove Village resident Shefket Chapadjiev paid $175,000 for the opportunity of a lifetime, to be the first to fly to space with Virgin Galactic. 12 years later, he's still waiting on the company to deliver. Brandon Pope chatted with Chicago Sun-Times reporter Stefano Esposito who's been following the story.
Check out Stefano's story by clicking here.01/29/20 9:11AM


Transactions (Chapter 10 Of Listing Requirements) : Non Related Party Transactions
|Subject||TRANSACTIONS (CHAPTER 10 OF LISTING REQUIREMENTS)
NON RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD ("AAGB" OR THE "COMPANY") PROPOSED DISPOSAL OF AAGB'S AIRCRAFT LEASING OPERATIONS THAT INCLUDES THE PROPOSED FUTURE DISPOSALS AND PROPOSED OPTION
Unless otherwise defined, the abbreviations and definitions used in the announcements by the Company dated 1 March 2018, 27 March 2018, 14 May 2018, 29 June 2018, 19 July 2018, 8 August 2018 and 3 September 2018 ("Announcements") and the Circular to Shareholders dated 27 April 2018 shall apply herein.
We refer to the Announcements in relation to the Proposed Disposals.
The Company wishes to announce the completion of the transfer of an additional number of aircraft pursuant to the Incline B SPA and the FLY SPA on 27 and 28 September 2018. The total number of aircraft involved under the abovementioned transfer is 19 aircraft and AAGB has received USD233.5 million in gross proceeds. To date, the cumulative number of aircraft transferred is 73 aircraft and AAGB has already received gross proceeds totalling USD936.6 million.
AAGB is optimistic that the transfer of the last 11 aircraft and 14 spare engines under the Proposed Disposals in order to complete the Incline B SPA and the FLY SPA will take place on or before 31st October 2018. A further announcement will be made accordingly.
This announcement is dated 1 October 2018.
|Company Name||AIRASIA GROUP BERHAD|
|Date Announced||01 Oct 2018|
|Category||General Announcement for PLC|


This is provided to students who show an aptitude in STEM fields, but may lack the resources needed to attend experiences such as Space Camp. This scholarship is for 100% of the tuition to 1 week of space camp (July 8-14, 2017) and includes a flight suit, transportation, and a small spending stipend. The total value is approximate $2,500. In addition, students will be mentored as a cohort by students who have previously attended Space Camp and are now TMG Space Ambassadors. And, TMG will engage parent liaisons who will be available to answer questions and provide guidance to scholars’ parents.


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Presently, Ken Mah is the Director of Strategic Partnerships & Programs for Lynch Group of Companies. Focused on hydraulic, motion control solutions and state-of-the-art manufacturing, Lynch is recognized as a role model for Canadian SMEs who are centers of global excellence for their market niches. His responsibilities include sales, marketing as well as program management for strategic accounts including National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
After graduating from the University of Toronto, Ken worked in the mining and oil industry in the northern parts of Canada including: The Yukon, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland. His experience includes exploration, mineral processing, manufacturing, metallurgical operations in both hard and soft rock.
With a career migrating into the Information Technology space, Ken’s duties ranged from technical service, support and sales with an overseas posting in the Far East supporting China, Taiwan, Japan, Korean markets. During his tenure, he helped close, deliver and program manage multi-million dollar projects sponsored by UNDP and The World Bank.
Senior Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Consultant for GE Capital IT Solutions followed by experiences with Northrop Grumman, eBRP Software Solutions provides real world value to organizations. With expertise for intangibles, enterprise wide issues, and disruptive technology sales in unique environments, Ken’s real strength is his strong interpersonal (Soft) skills.
Ken is married with two children. He volunteers for the Canadian Alopecia Areata Foundation, Skate Canada and teaches Professional Sales & Communications at local colleges.
Jon Novacek is currently the Systems Engineering Manager at Safran Electronics and Defense in Peterborough. He graduated from the University of Toronto Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2002 and has been with Safran ever since. Jon lives in Peterborough, with his wife Katie and two sons Corban age 7 and Evan age 5. When he’s not chasing his kids around, Jon enjoys playing Volleyball and Golf as well as wood working.
During his work with Safran, Jon has focused and the design, development and manufacturing of Electronic Control Systems for the commercial and military aerospace markets; including Engine Control, Landing Gear Control, Electronic Braking and Steering. Jon has experience working in several fundamental areas of the development process for aerospace control units including architecture, hardware and software design, safety analysis, certification and entry into service. In his current role, he is responsible for the system architecture and safety aspects of new product developments and defining technical proposals for future business.
Shane Xu brings over 6 years of aerospace experience at Bombardier, developing flight simulators, testing models in wind-tunnel, assessing aircraft Stability & Control, and supporting flight-test of CSeries and Global 7000 aircraft. Passionate about convergence of engineering and business, Shane is experienced in using the data-analytics to model and identify market opportunities and accelerate business growth. In particular, he has extensive experience in capital intensive industries, such as manufacturing, construction and energy.
With diverse engineering and management experience in oilfield, aerospace and finance, Ramzi Kaiache worked at Bombardier as an Aerospace Engineer, developing CSeries and Global7000’s aerodynamic models, systems, CLAWs and flight-simulators. Ramzi also worked as Project Manager for CSeries program during its entry-into-service, helping clients make best use of the new aircraft through managing crew training, parts availability and post-delivery sales support.
Shane and Ramzi will be speaking at the TSAA Conference on behalf of the Aerospace Society.
Andreas is Director of Rocketry for the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT), an ambitious and dynamic group committed to challenging the status quo of what can be achieved by a student design team. UTAT Rocketry develops, tests, and flies its own supersonic hybrid sounding rockets and is currently designing what will be the greatest amateur rocket ever flown on Canadian soil with the goal of shattering the Canadian altitude record of 14.3 km (AGL). Andreas is a firm believer in the necessity of technical extra-curricular experience to the aspiring engineer and seeks to foster an excited and sustainable team culture through meaningful and challenging projects.
He obtained his bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of New Brunswick and is a full-time Masters student at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies. There, at the Space Flight Laboratory, Andreas works on pre-flight diagnostics tools for the HawkEye 360 microsatellite constellation, and developed software for the Vector Gravimeter for Asteroids (VEGA), an instrument with space mining applications. Prior to this he interned at MDA as a mechanical designer for satellite antennas. In 2017, Andreas had the privilege of representing Canada at the Caltech Space Challenge in which he was part of a diverse team of experts devising a sustainable solution to solar system exploration through the development of a launch and supply station from the surface of the moon. He hopes to one day contribute to the inevitable transition of humanity to a multiplanetary species through the development of increasingly reliable and affordable launch vehicles for access to space.
Tareq Samak is an international student currently in his second year of Aerospace Engineering at Ryerson University. He holds an Aircraft Design Course Certification given to him by CASI – Toronto Branch. Outside of school, Tareq is a member of the Ryerson Aero Design Team, where he is a member of the Fuselage Design Team. In addition, Tareq has been a Communications Associate at CASI – Ryerson Branch since 2017.
Braedon Hoekstra is from St. Thomas Ontario. She is in her third year of Aerospace
Engineering at Ryerson University. In high school she was on the FIRST Robotics
Team 4525. She is a Schulich Scholarship Nominee and a Hugh O’Brian Youth
Leadership Alumni. Braedon is currently on the Ryerson CanSat Team as well as
being the Outreach Associate for CASI Ryerson Branch.
Tareq and Braedon will be speaking at the TSAA Conference on behalf of CASI Ryerson.
Jeremy Wang is the CTO and R&D Founder of The Sky Guys, Canada’s leading provider of drone services and technology for heavy industry and government applications. Jeremy is responsible for a wide range of business, technical leadership, and systems engineering for TSG’s portfolio of multirotor and long-range UAV projects. Most recently, his team partnered with MTO on the developing and testing UAVs for infrastructure inspections, first response, and enforcement on Ontario’s 400-series highways. Previously, Jeremy spent four years with the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT). He also interned at the German space agency’s institute for space propulsion, and led systems and policy analysis for on-orbit servicing at the Space Generation Advisory Council to the UN Programme on Space Applications. In 2016, Jeremy was selected as one of Canada’s Next 36 highest potential young entrepreneurs, and in 2018, Jeremy was inducted as one of “Tomorrow’s Aerospace Engineering Leaders: The 20 Twenties” by the American Institute for Aeronautics and Astronautics. Jeremy is a fourth-year Engineering Science student at the University of Toronto, and will be pursuing graduate studies in aerospace fluid mechanics at the University of Waterloo in Fall 2018.


- Information Visualisation
- Human Computer Interaction
- Augmented and Virtual Reality
- Computer Graphics
Maxime joined the group in February 2015 and is currently working on a Collaborative Immersive Visual Analytics project. This project aims to study the use of Virtual and Augmented Reality for collaboratively analyzing data.
Maxime received his PhD from the University of Toulouse (France), hosted by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) where he studied visualisations in the Air Traffic Control domain. After he received his PhD, Maxime worked at DGAC as an interaction and software designer for experimenting future Air Traffic Control procedures.
Google Scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tzm5W-0AAAAJ&hl=en
ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Maxime_Cordeil2