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Located at the Camarillo Airport at 455 Aviation Drive, the Southern California Wing of the Commemorative Air Force has hangars devoted to preserving, maintaining, displaying, and flying World War II aircraft.
The Commemorative Air Force Southern California Wing Aviation Museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm and Sundays noon to 4pm. Closed Mondays, New Year's, Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Donations of $10 for adults, $5 for ages 10 to 18, $3 for ages 6 to 10 are requested. Kids under 6 and active military are free. Visit www.cafsocal.com or call 805.482.0064 for more information.
You can rent out the hangar for events! Visit hangarevents.com for more information.
Also, take a vintage WWII airplane rides on the Marine Mitchell B-25 (BPJ), P-51 Mustang, BT-19, SNJ and Aircoupe. Details at www.cafsocal.com/warbird-ride-program.
Docents are enjoyable to speak with as they have a lot of history to share at this museum. Two 15,000 sq ft hangars and a newer (2016) 32,800 sq. ft. hangar complex serve as a Museum Hangar and a Maintenance and Restoration Hangar.
The Museum Hangar contains some of the many artifacts that are currently on display as well as a gift shop. It also houses any of the aircraft that are not away on a mission or undergoing maintenance. For safety reasons the maintenance hangar is not available for a walk-through, however visitors can observe any work in progress from behind a safety perimeter.
There are a number of aircraft on display, including several you can physically inspect, which is always fun to do with the kids. There are some interesting WWII exhibits on hand too.


Randy Bragg lives in the small Central Florida town of Fort Repose and appears to be drifting down a somewhat aimless path in life when his older brother, Colonel Mark Bragg, an Air Force Intelligence officer, sends his wife and two children to stay in Fort Repose, explaining that, because the Soviet government believes it can succeed, it will be emboldened to risk war. Mark is flying his family down to Florida for their protection while he stays at Offutt Air Force Base in Omaha, Nebraska. Soon after, an American fighter pilot attempting to intercept an enemy plane over the Mediterranean inadvertently fires an AIM-9 Sidewinder heat-seeking missile that goes off course and hits an ammunition depot in Latakia, Syria, resulting in a large explosion. This event becomes the apparent casus belli for the Soviet Union to launch a nuclear strike against the United States and her allies. Early the following morning, Soviet missiles arrive from over the Arctic, as well as from submarine, while American missiles are sent in response. Randy and his house guests are awakened by shaking due to nearby bombing, one explosion temporarily blinds Peyton, Randy's neice.


Etihad Airways, the national airline of United Arab Emirates (UAE), is showcasing three aircraft innovations at the on-going bi-annual Dubai Airshow. The three include; an Airbus A380, an Airbus A320 “flying testbed” and an Embraer Phenom 100E from the Etihad Flight College (EFC).
The aircrafts were toured by UAE’s Lieutenant General His Highness Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior and His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice Chairman of Executive Council.
Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways Chief Executive Officer, said: “We were delighted to welcome Royal guests who visited our aircraft on the opening day of the Dubai Airshow.
We presented our groundbreaking interiors aboard the A380; innovation and technical excellence on our A320 testbed aircraft; and our Emirati cadets from the Etihad Flight College whose engagement with visitors is a great source of national pride.”
Etihad Airways’ A380 on display is the same aircraft that took part in the spectacular low fly-by over the Louvre Abu Dhabi at the museum’s official opening yesterday. With its four engines adorned in official Louvre Abu Dhabi logos, Etihad Airways’ A380 superjumbo interiors boast features which are inspired by the museum’s iconic dome and its ‘Rain of Light’ effect.
These include ceiling designs and light projections in the boarding zones, Lobby Lounge, First Class and The Residence cabins of the A380s, and stylised sconce lighting in the Business Studios which imitate the way sunlight streams through the fronds of palm trees in a desert oasis.
The Etihad Aviation Group’s role at the forefront of aviation innovation was reinforced on the A320 “flying testbed”, which has been converted to showcase WI-FLY+, the new, superfast inflight connectivity developed by Yahsat, the UAE based satellite operator; Etihad Airways Engineering; telecommunications company du; and technology partners Hughes Network Systems and Carlisle Interconnect. Achieving speeds of more than 50Mbps in recent trials, Dubai Airshow guests are able to experience the next-generation system for themselves by accessing HD streaming content such as YouTube or Netflix.
The third facet of the display is Etihad Flight College’s Embraer Phenom 100E. EFC was the first flight college in the world to conduct abinitio flight training on the aircraft. It is also the first Multi-Crew Pilot Licence (MPL) programme with all jet training.
Also exhibiting on the display apron is an F1 racing car promoting the forthcoming Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Alongside is a 16-metre mobile exhibition vehicle (MEV) featuring cabin products and inflight service elements on long-haul aircraft, including The Residence on the A380.
The Etihad Airways aircraft, MEV and F1 car will be on display all week at the Airshow 2017, being held at Maktoum International Airport.


In a bold and assеrtivе circulation, thе Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority has answеrеd unеquivocally to thе dirеctivе issuеd with thе aid of thе Europеan Aviation Agеncy EASA concеrning thе airspacе of Pakistan. Thе rеaction comеs as a robust assurancе that thе airspacе of Pakistan is absolutеly safе for all airlinеs throughout thе globе.
A Clеar Rеbuttal
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Endorsеmеnt from Lеading Authoritiеs
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Statе-of-thе-Art Safеty Mеasurеs
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Collaboration with Intеrnational Bodiеs
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Pilot Training and Expеrtisе
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Enhancеd Air Traffic Management
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Delta Airlines is moving at light speed to install Wi-Fi capability onboard its domestic bound planes.
The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that "of the more than 300 airplanes Atlanta-based Delta operates on U.S. routes, 139 now have Gogo Inflight Internet, including Delta’s entire MD-88 fleet. The MD-90 fleet will be complete by the end of May with the remainder of the domestic fleet scheduled for completion by September."
Delta said it offers more Wi-Fi onboard than any airline worldwide. The company's future plans to connect its passengers include Wi-Fi installation for some 200 pre-merger Northwest airplanes, which are slated for completion next year.
Once complete, Delta will have more than 500 aircraft offering Wi-Fi.


Dec 2, 2013
Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) researcher Dr. Thomas Jennewein and Dr. Vadim Makarov have received a $600,000 contract from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) to design and build a compact prototype Quantum Key Distribution Receiver (QKDR) suitable for a low-cost microsatellite mission.
In collaboration with a number of industry partners, Dr. Jennewein and his team will refine the requirements for a QKDR, select an instrument concept, develop the detailed design of the prototype, quantify single photon detectors for the space radiation environment, assemble and functionally test a prototype QKDR, and conduct an end-to-end test to simulate a long-distance Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) experiment.
Over the past three years, Dr. Jennewein and his team have been working with industry partners to advance a proposed microsatellite mission called QEYSSat (Quantum EncrYption and Science Satellite) through a series of technical studies funded initially by Defense Research and Development Canada (DRDC) and subsequently by the CSA. Dr. Vadim Makarov will support the project through his extensive expertise on single photon detectors and security of quantum cryptography systems, and the study on mitigating detector dark counts through cooling of devices.
QEYSSat’s mission objectives would be to demonstrate the generation of encryption keys through the creation of quantum links between ground and space, and also to conduct fundamental science investigations of long-distance quantum entanglement. Developing and demonstrating a compact prototype QKDR that has the required form, fit and function suitable for a low-cost microsatellite mission will advance the relevant technology and significantly retire technical risks associated with a potential future flight instrument for QEYSSat.
QKD establishes highly secure keys between distant parties by using single photons to transmit each bit of the key. Since single photons behave according the laws of quantum mechanics, they cannot be tapped, copied or directly measured without detection. The huge benefit for users of such systems is the peace of mind of knowing that any attack, manipulation or copying of the photons can be immediately detected and overcome. QKD solves the long-standing problem of securely transporting cryptographic keys between distant locations. However, ground-based technologies can only cover distances of up to 200 km due to photon absorption in fibre optic cables. Satellite-based QKD systems like the proposed QEYSSat mission offer the best approach for surpassing this distance limitation with today’s technology.
For over a decade, Dr. Jennewein has been strategically involved in shaping and advancing long-distance quantum communication experiments by bringing quantum communication experiments into space. This work was initially started by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 2001 and evolved into a program called Space-QUEST, which included a proposal for performing several experiments on the foundations and applications of quantum physics in space with space-based quantum hardware.
In 2008, Dr. Jennewein participated in an experiment in which reflected weak laser pulses were sent from the ground to a low Earth orbit satellite and the transmission results were used to estimate a key rate for QKD transmission from the satellite to the ground. Prior to his work with the CSA as the principal investigator for QEYSSat, Dr. Jennewein was a co-investigator in a series of ESA studies on quantum physics in space.


HyperMach’s CEO Richard Lugg said that his firm’s SonicStar (above) will be airborne by 2021, flying above the supersonic speed of Mach 3.5
From new companies purporting to slash the price of private jet hire to entrepreneurs preparing for a return to the era of supersonic speed and space travel, there are a lot of exciting developments on the horizon for luxury aviation.
First, for the news at the apex of the market. It’s not just far-out sounding ventures for flying enthusiasts on the fringes of the luxury market like the hundreds who have reserved seats aboard the Virgin Galactic suborbital space craft for $200,000 apiece – which is reportedly due to launch early next year.
There has also been a lot of chatter in the blogosphere this week about creating higher standards of luxury and convenience in executive air travel and about the race for manufacturers like Aerion and HyperMach to build aircraft which will give consumers back the option to drastically decrease flight times.
“ The sales pitch is simple: you’ve had to endure prehistoric journey times long enough since 2003 and now we will do what Concorde did – but even better. ”
Back when the iconic Concorde was mothballed in 2003, it was under the dark shadow of the devastating Air France crash that had killed all 100 Concorde passengers three years earlier. But the real reason that the Anglo-French venture in supersonic passenger planes ended was that the two governments had granted Concorde carriers British Airways and Air France subsidies to buy them and that the aircraft was simply deemed to be unprofitable in the long term.
The sales pitch for companies like HyperMach and Aerion is simple. The wealthy had come to count on saving precious hours flying exclusively with like-minded peers for nearly thirty years on Concorde and that service was abruptly snatched out from under them. The next generation of aircraft manufacturers will be counting on a lost sense of entitlement among these consumers – a feeling that they’ve had to endure ‘prehistoric’ journey times long enough since 2003 and that now is the time to do what Concorde did for them once again – and have it done even better.
The Concorde taking off on its final flight in 2003
One need only look at how many thousands of times the sensational headline “New York to Sydney in five hours!” has been used to catch readers’ interest since one such aircraft was first reported by The Daily Mail three years ago. Back then they had dubbed the plane the A2 or “Son of the Concorde”. The only problem with this ground-breaking machine said to fly at five times the speed of sound (Mach 5) was that the details were still very sketchy and there was absolutely no timeline put on when the concept would become a commercial reality.
Keep in mind that a typical jumbo jet in the skies today like the Airbus 380 cruises at a speed of less than Mach 1 (about Mach 0.85 or 900 kilometres per hour) and that the Concorde cruised at just over Mach 2 (about 2,170 kilometres per hour).
But now, according to the Humans Invent blog, “the race to revive supersonic transport has already begun, with faster, more fuel efficient planes being lined up to replace Concorde, capable of flying from Paris to Tokyo in less than three hours. EADS’s Zero Emission Hyper Sonic Transport (ZEHST) is just one of a new breed of supersonic aircraft. Primed for 2050, it will be powered by biofuel made from seaweed, reach speeds up to 5,000 kmh using a combination of ramjets and rockets, and carry passengers above the Earth’s atmosphere. It will be both cost effective, and fast."
EADS spokesman Gregor von Kursell explained to the blog’s author, Stephen Ebert, that “Concorde was 1950s and 1960s technology. The three different propulsion types we’re considering – one of which we have perfected for the Ariane rocket – could make this achievable by 2050.”
The Aerion SBJ supersonic business jet with a speed up to Mac 1.6
The author continued: “ZEHST won’t be alone. Hypermach recently unveiled plans for the SonicStar – a business jet capable of speeds as fast as Concorde at Mach 3.3, and 30 per cent more efficient than the engines used in Concorde. A London to New York flight will take just a couple of hours, says Hypermach. The next generation of supersonic aircraft will be quieter too. Hypermach will use the latest technologies to reduce the sound of sonic booms over land to cut down on the sort of noise pollution associated with Concorde aircraft of old. The first bookings are already being taken, with the first SonicStar flights due to take off in 2021.”
A few months back, Forbes put another high speed aircraft into perspective by comparing the fastest contemporary business jet, the Cessna Citation X, with the Aerion SBJ which Aerion’s spokesman says will be put into production “soon” thanks to letters of intent for 50 orders for the $80 million aircraft. According to Forbes’s calculations, crossing the Atlantic could be cut in half.
“The Aerion SBJ, a supersonic business jet…flies at speeds up to Mac 1.6. This is much faster than any current civilian aircraft but a bit short of Concorde’s Mach 2. It will let you fly from New York to Paris in 4:14 hours (compared with 7:23 in a Gulfstream V) or New York to Los Angeles at M0.98, to avoid those pesky sonic booms, and still arrive 41 minutes before a G-V. By flying over the sea, New York to Miami is just 1:33 hours. In other words, it’s fast and it’s efficient.”
The homepage of www.PrivateFly.com
At the other end of the spectrum are two entrepreneurs who find themselves in the news thanks to new business models which hope to make private jet travel more accessible and even what some dare to call ‘democratic’. The first is Clive Jackson, who is launching a private jet-share community called Victor at Flyvictor.com.
According to the The Daily Telegraph, “[Jackson’s] new website…allows members to book spare seats on private flights already chartered by other travellers. Members can opt to pay a fixed price for a seat – a price which gets lower as the other available seats are filled – or place a bid on a seat and wait to see if the price is accepted. Current jet broking businesses require members to buy shares in a specific plane which they can charter flights on. Victor members, however, are not required to provide any form of upfront investment or deposit, other than payment for the seats for their flight.”
“[Jackson] argues that existing jet brokering services, such as NetJets, are not focused on cost, where as his is. In addition to providing a competitive service to existing jet charter customers who will often have to foot the bill for the jet returning to its base empty, he aims to attract passengers who perhaps would not previously have considered the advantages of flying privately.”
The second is Adam Twidell, CEO of PrivateFly.com and a former Royal Air Force pilot who Reuters says “understands the needs of busy jetsetters [because he] used to fly planes for fractional-ownership jet firm NetJets and now runs an online marketplace for private charter aircraft that’s been called ‘the iTunes of aviation.’”
If they do indeed hit the mark, then what might just make the likes of Mr. Jackson and Mr. Twidell the next generation of deep-pocketed service providers in the private jet sector is a growing malaise among business class travellers using commercial flights. One need only peruse a few of the testimonies given by a few of these globetrotters that BusinessWeek recently chronicled for confirmation of the fact. Or simply absorb the headline: “Shared Jet Sales Soar as Rich Fliers Avoid Airline Hassles.”


by Marcelo Ballvé, New America Media
Drone aircraft are increasingly engaged in counterdrug missions over South American jungles and Mexican cities.
The drones represent the latest high-tech escalation of Latin America’s anti-drug efforts.
Unlike the US military’s Predator drones used to shoot missiles at suspected terrorists in Pakistan’s tribal areas, the models known to be in use in Latin America limit their roles to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
Latin America’s unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs—as drones are known in aviation circles—are not known to have flown armed missions.
Israel Aerospace Industries, a company that is Israel’s largest industrial exporter, struck recent multimillion-dollar deals in Ecuador and Brazil for its large, 54-foot wingspan Heron drone model.
Israel Aerospace has offices in Colombia, Chile and Ecuador and launched a new joint venture company in Brazil in 2008. The manufacturer sees promise in the Latin American UAV market.
“As we have experienced in other markets, as the [UAV] system becomes more familiar, new applications are found and, as a result, the market will grow,” Doron Suslik, spokesman for Israel Aerospace, wrote in an e-mail.
The UAVs make sense for Latin America since they are more cost-effective and remain in the air longer than manned flights, said Ray Walser, senior policy analyst for the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC.
“I think the more the merrier,” he said. “Right now, there are some nations in which you simply don’t know what’s going on in your own territory.”
Two other Israeli manufacturers, Elbit Systems and Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd., have also sold UAVs to clients in the Americas in the last two years.
The US defense industry also manufactures UAVs, including the Predator series deployed in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But the transfer of US-made military technology to foreign governments is highly regulated.
“If it is something you can buy off the rack in Israel,” you can avoid some of the scrutiny accompanying US sales, said Rick Van Schoik, director of Arizona State University’s North American Center for Transborder Studies.
Latin American buyers of UAVs may be acquiring them from Israel, but they are following the example of the United States, which pioneered the use of UAVs in non-combat law enforcement roles.
As early as 2004, the US Border Patrol tested Elbit Systems’ 34-feet wingspan Hermes drone to patrol the border with Mexico.
Today, US Customs and Border Protection’s 300-aircraft fleet includes six unarmed Predator B UAVs manufactured by California-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, said John Stanton, executive director for National Air Security Operations.
Three of the Customs and Border Protection Predator Bs are stationed south of Tucson, Ariz., from where they patrol the US-Mexico border. Another Predator B modified for maritime surveillance off southeastern U.S. shores will soon be involved in drug enforcement missions.
The Pentagon has also deployed UAVs for counter-narcotics work.
Drones play an important role supporting “allies around the world in efforts to curb the illegal narcotics trade,” said US Defense Department spokesman Cmdr. Bob Mehal. He declined to discuss specifics.
However, it is known that the Miami-based US Southern Command, which oversees Pentagon operations in Latin America, has been a testing ground for UAVs.
One SouthCom test in May 2009 at a base in El Salvador involved a Heron UAV manufactured by one of Israel Aerospace’s North American subsidiaries, Stark Aerospace, headquartered in Mississippi. The air base, Comalapa, is one of the overseas “Forward Operating Locations” the Pentagon established for counter-narcotics missions in cooperation with Latin American and Caribbean governments.
“We think it was a resounding success,” Southcom spokesman José Ruiz said of last year’s test, in which the Heron flew over 100 hours, through strong winds, heavy cloud cover and rain, tracking a suspected drug ship in the Pacific.
After the test, Mississippi’s US senators requested and received $9 million for Stark to supply the Heron to SouthCom as part of the Defense Department’s 2010 budget.
Salvadoran Air Force Col. Nelson Hernández, who commands Comalapa, also closely followed the Heron’s performance.
“We are here to learn,” he was quoted as saying in a SouthCom report on the Heron flights. “It is possible that perhaps in our future, we may consider our own project or the acquisition of an existing UAV. We are, so to speak, like sponges, eager to see what we can absorb from this experience.”
In the end, El Salvador didn’t acquire a Heron, because of the multimillion-dollar price tag.
“Due to budgetary reasons, El Salvador is not contemplating the acquisition of this type of aircraft in the short term,” the country’s Defense Ministry said in a statement.
But other Latin American governments with more resources have made the leap.
In June, Ecuador acquired six Israel Aerospace UAVs with $22 million from a special government program established with oil revenue, according to an Ecuadorean armed forces statement.
In 2008, Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa canceled an agreement allowing the Pentagon to operate surveillance and interdiction missions from a Forward Operating Location in Manta, Ecuador. The four Searcher and two Heron models were acquired to make up for the lost US-led counter-drug flights.
The new UAVs are stationed at the Manta base, from where they will watch offshore waters for drug-runners and “coyotaje”—or human trafficking—and also reinforce Ecuador’s northern border with Colombia.
Mexico’s government reportedly flies a drone comparable to the Heron, an Elbit Systems’ Hermes 450, out of Ensenada, just south of Tijuana.
Ensenada residents have routinely spotted drone-like aircraft in flight over the city and one was even photographed this month by the Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias de Tijuana, a news agency.
After publishing a photo of the mystery aircraft online, Agencia Fronteriza identified it as a Hermes, thanks to reader feedback.
The UAV “caught our attention because of its nocturnal over-flights in Ensenada and the loud noise it produces while in the air,” said a Jan. 18 article accompanying the photos.
It seems likely any Mexican purchase of Hermes UAVs occurred in September 2008, when Elbit Systems announced in a press release it had closed a $25 million deal for Hermes and smaller Skylark drones with an unnamed country in the Americas. Jane’s Defence Weekly reported the purchasing country as Mexico, citing an anonymous industry source.
A 24-year-old American, an aviation photographer who wished to remain anonymous, told New America Media he was in a private aircraft last month and saw three large drones with a V-shaped tail—a defining characteristic of the Hermes—at the Ensenada air base that doubles as a civilian airport.
At press time, Mexico’s Defense Ministry had not yet answered requests for information on its UAV programs.
Mexico’s Public Security Department, which coordinates its country’s battle against drug trafficking, has touted its own programs in which smaller mini-drones keep tabs on drug cartels.
In March 2009, Eduardo Laris McGregor, who heads air operations for Mexico’s Federal Police, told Mexican reporters the drone fleet consists of four mini-UAVs and four balloon-type vehicles.
The eight UAVs are being used over epicenters of drug-linked violence, including Ciudad Juarez, Culiacán, and Tijuana.
The planes are a low-cost model marketed for use in urban warfare and low intensity conflicts. The Orbiter has a snub nose, upturned wingtips, a seven-feet wingspan, and is launched with a catapult-like device.
The Orbiter’s manufacturer, Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd. of Israel, also makes the Skystar 300 balloon acquired in the deal. The Skystar takes video day or night (with infrared) as it drifts, for up to 72 hours at a time, at an altitude of 1,000 feet.
Mexican company Hydra Technologies leads a nascent national UAV industry, creating a small surveillance UAV: the Ehécatl, named after the Aztec wind god.
Further south in the Andean region, reports of drone over-flights triggered last month’s spat between Colombia and Venezuela.
Just before Christmas, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez accused Colombia of sending a spy drone into his country’s airspace. Colombia’s close military cooperation with the United States has strained relations between the Andean neighbors.
Colombian officials denied Chávez’s allegation, quipping the Venezuelans may instead have spotted “Santa’s sleigh.”
Colombian armed forces commander Gen. Freddy Padilla acknowledged having drones, but said his were small aircraft with a range so limited they could not have flown into Venezuela.
Padilla said his drones guard oil pipelines and electrical towers often sabotaged by guerrillas.
The Brazilian Federal Police—responsible for controlling Brazil’s 10,500 miles of remote land borders with 10 countries—has one of the world’s largest non-military UAV programs.
Last year, Brazil purchased 14 Heron systems for the federal police’s border protection, crime prevention, and counter-drug duties, at a cost of approximately $4.5 million per aircraft, according to a government press release.
Demonstrations of the Heron were held in late July 2009 at São Miguel de Iguaçu, near Brazil’s triple border with Paraguay and Argentina.
According to Israel Aerospace, “high ranking military and civilian representatives from a number of Latin American countries” were present to observe.
The Herons will fly from four different air bases distributed around Brazil’s huge landmass, the Ministry of Justice said, touting the Herons’ ability to film and photograph objects on the ground from an altitude of 30,000 feet,
Some of the UAV patrols will cover the sparsely populated Amazon River Basin, reported state-owned news agency Agencia Brasil.
Meanwhile, the development of an advanced “made in Brazil” drone has become one goal of the country’s ambitious new defense strategy, approved by President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva in December 2008.
Defense Minister Nelson Jobim, in an article earlier the same year for magazine Interesse Nacional, even floated the possibility that any Brazilian UAV be “not just for surveillance but also combat.”
This week, Jobim traveled to Israel where he toured Israel Aerospace’s facilities, and met with Israeli defense and intelligence officials. Jobim told reporters in Jerusalem he was negotiating a new purchase of UAVs that would include a technology transfer so that Brazil could manufacture similar drones.
Because so much is new and unknown about the region’s UAV programs, the implications for civil society have not been widely studied or debated.
“In the past it was just the United States flying them,” said Van Schoik of the North American Center for Transborder Studies. The extent of Latin American countries’ experiments with UAVs “raises the whole visibility of the issue.”
One remaining question is whether a Latin American country will deploy an armed drone.
Even with unarmed aircraft, there are risks. For example, bad intelligence gathered by a drone could result in a military or police raid killing innocents, said Adam Isacson, of the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy.
“It’s not an outrageous thing to worry about,” he said, recalling an April 2001 incident in which US anti-drug agents working with Peruvian authorities shot down a plane carrying American missionaries. “It depends on how the countries who are using these things treat the intelligence.”
Perhaps a more immediate risk is from cross-border incursions with UAVs that trigger diplomatic crises, undermining regional stability, Isacson added.
Within Brazil, UAV programs have already generated controversy.
After the federal police announced its new Heron fleet, Rio de Janeiro officials sought federal approval to acquire Skylark mini-UAVs from Elbit Systems.
Rio is in the midst of a police push to wrest control of slums known as favelas away from drug gangs before hosting soccer’s 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic games.
In October, a police helicopter was shot down during an operation in a Rio-area favela and two officers died, spotlighting the risks of piloted flights.
But not everyone agrees the introduction of UAVs into an ever-escalating drug war is the right approach.
“It’s a mistake to think our problems with public security will be solved with high-tech military equipment,” wrote Valter Pomar, international relations secretary for Brazil’s governing Worker’s Party, in a letter to Israel’s Haaretz newspaper.
This article was originally published on Jan. 27, 2010 by New America Media.
Avión UAV, no tripulado el captado en Ensenada
Agencia Fronteriza de Noticias de Tijuana, Jan. 18, 2010
Center for International Policy
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Following the success of last year’s event, Human Factors in Aviation Safety is returning to your skies! Representatives from airlines, air traffic control organizations, consultants and major universities will be taking part, examining a human factors issues in aviation safety for both the military and commercial sectors.
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As a kid, my first memory of reading about Kalpana Chawla, is feeling awe. While she gave us major achievement goals, she also instilled in our minds the idea of journeying to space. As Indian women, she made us believe that it was possible to reach the heights of success. Many of us have dreamed ever since, of becoming an astronaut. Exploring the universe as few have explored it. However, not all of us are born to be astronauts.
This seemingly impossible dream came closer to reality back in 2001. When Dennis Tito, an American businessman, became the first space tourist. After strenuous training and a 20-million dollar deal, Tito launched in a Russian Soyuz to the International Space Station. While most of us can’t afford such a trip, more companies are gradually springing up that offer cheaper space experiences. Like Air travel that started out as a costly affair for many but became accessible to the general masses soon after. We are hoping that space adventures will undergo the same process. Hopefully in our lifetime only. *fingers crossed*
In the present day and age, few companies have already cropped up that offer some form of proximity to the universe beyond earth. While still expensive for many, the prices have already gone down far below 20-ducking-million. Thank Heavens! And humans too. Here is a curated list of few such companies that are planning to start their businesses in the upcoming years. In ascending order of the ticket prices.
Vegitel Aerospace Tours
The company provides a 50-minute ride aboard a MiG-29 Supersonic fighter jet for the price of 19,000 US Dollars (approximately 12 lakh INR). It takes off from Nizhny Novgorod (sounds like a place in the Marvel universe) in Russia. While the jet doesn’t exactly take you to space, it reaches up to an altitude of 23 km above sea level. This is the boundary between earth’s atmosphere and the dark space. Moreover, the jet flies at a speed twice that of sound. This means that passengers need to wear a special suit to maintain their essential, normal blood flow. The jet also performs mid-air aerobatics. Woah. Sounds AMAZING! I would give up buying a car for these 50 minutes any day!
Well, World View seems inspired by Pixar’s Up. The company has designed a capsule that will be attached to a giant helium-filled balloon. The balloon is expected to float up to 31 km above sea level. Providing a mesmerizing view of the earth’s curvature and the endless space. The capsule will also a bar, a washroom as well as support WiFi services. So you can tweet it while you enjoy it. #makethemjealousaf. All this on top of possessing large windows for unobstructed, beautiful views. Expected to launch from World View’s spaceport in Tucson, Arizona, the flights will last for six hours. The tickets are priced at 75,000 USD and are already open for reservation.
About 700 people have already paid the company for their proposed space flights with a whopping ticket price of 250,000 USD. All this while the company is still testing out its exploration extent. The VSS Unity SpaceShipTwo rocket plane with top speed of 4,000 km per hour is slated to make sub-orbital flights in a couple years. The flights are supposed to take off from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
The company under founder Jeff Bezos is planning to start its sub-orbital flights from next year. The take-off will happen from a new facility in Florida. The tickets haven’t been priced yet. However, there is hope that the same will be in affordable range for enthusiasts. Their reusable space capsule can support six passengers at a time. Each flight will be 11 minutes with 4 minutes of pure weightlessness. The capsule is expected to soar to immense heights of 100 km above Earth. Unique to the capsule, it will be built on an automated module. It will be controlled by ground staff with only the six passengers within the capsule. Sounds scary. But it will spare the company the costs of an additional onboard crew. Eventually reducing the ticket cost. So, good for us.
*Saving the best for the last*
SpaceX, headed by Elon Musk (who I believe is the real-life Tony Stark) has been known to drive futuristic innovations. The company has disrupted all major fields in technology and space travel is no stranger. SpaceX’s Dragon Capsule will be the first to offer such deep, commercial space travel. It is expected to skim the moon’s surface, without actually landing on it. In fact, earlier this year, Musk announced that the capsule’s first flight will take place in the next year itself with two anonymous passengers.
The flight will last for a week covering 645,000 km in route. Although the ticket prices have not been officially revealed, it is bound to be a hefty amount. *Maybe this could be my post retirement, ONLY adventure. If I ever manage to earn this much money in this lifetime.* But. It’s not over yet. Musk also announced his plan for Mars commercial travel. The tickets for which are priced at 200,000 USD.
Space travel is and will be my ultimate life goal. While the avalanche has already started, it will take a few years for the prices to drop to the affordable level of people like me. Or. I should just start slaving right away to be able to live this dream. *I got 99 problems and poverty is the biggest one.* For all you space enthusiasts out there, forget about the worldly luxuries and start saving up for an out-of-this world experience. Pun intended.


Eclipse at the Branson Airport
BRANSON, MISSOURI (October 17th, 2012) – Forty-three Eclipse Jets landed at the Branson Airport for the Eclipse Owners Club Fall Fly-In. Pilots and enthusiasts alike came from all over the United States to take part in the annual fly in that allows pilots to visit with vendors and fellow owners to discuss the Eclipse Twin-Engine Jet.
Known as the “Time Saving Machine,” the energy efficient Eclipse 550 Jet allows travelers to fly at speeds of up to 430 mph on the quietest twin-engine jet in general aviation. Before production of the new Eclipse 550 Jet began in June of this year (first deliveries are expected in mid-2013), a total of 261 Eclipse 500 Jets were produced.
“This must be the largest collection of jets comprising one model ever to land on a field at the same time, to see so many Eclipse Jets in one large formation in such a wonderful setting really is incredible,” said Mason Holland, Eclipse CEO. “To look out at over forty aircraft and know that we will be producing that many more Eclipse Jets every year really gives us a sense of accomplishment, we are so impressed by the passion exhibited by our aircraft owners”
“It was certainly a sight to see,” says Executive Director of Branson Airport, Jeff Bourk. “We are excited and fortunate that these pilots were able to fly in to the Branson Airport and experience everything our area has to offer.”
The image attached is an aerial shot of the Eclipse Jets placed in formation.
Southwest Airlines has announced that they will be arriving in Branson March 9th, 2013 as the 79th official city to be added to the team roster. Southwest Airlines will fly non-stop to Chicago, Houston, Dallas, and Orlando with connecting service to 67 other Southwest Airlines markets. The new service represents a significant increase in capacity over 2012 at the Branson Airport and the “Live Music Show Capital of the World.” Tickets are available for purchase now at www.southwest.com.
About Branson Airport
The Branson Airport currently has 6 nonstop destinations and one stop connecting service to more than 100 major cities in the United States. Nonstop destinations include: Atlanta, Baltimore/Washington, Chicago, Houston and Orlando on AirTran Airways; and Denver on Frontier Airlines. For a complete list of destinations available at the Branson Airport, visit www.FlyBranson.com.
Known for the unique airport experience and unparallel customer service, Branson Airport LLC is the first privately developed and operated commercial service airport in the United States. Branson Airport is currently serviced by AirTran Airways, Frontier Airlines, Branson AirExpress, and most currently Southwest Airlines; allowing passengers the ability to access over 100 destinations all on low cost carriers. Located in the heart of the Ozarks and centrally located in the Midwest, the airport also boasts a state of the art FBO, Branson JetCenter and a full service travel agency, FlyBranson Travel. For more information visit www.FlyBranson.com or call toll free 1-888-FLY-BKG1 (1-888-359-2541).
About Eclipse Aerospace, Inc.
Eclipse Aerospace, Inc. is the manufacturer of the Eclipse 550 twin-engine jet, the most fuel-efficient jet in the world. Eclipse also provides engineering, maintenance, service, and support for the fleet of 260 Eclipse 500 Twin-Engine Jet aircraft. Adhering to the motto “Customer First,” Eclipse Aerospace is focused on providing a superior customer experience for existing and future owners, operators, and pilots of the revolutionary Eclipse Jet aircraft. Eclipse Aerospace corporate offices are based in Charleston, S.C. Principle operations are located in Albuquerque, N.M. and Chicago, Ill. Eclipse Aerospace is located on the web at www.ECLIPSE.aero.
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The need to consolidate a multitude of existing short-range, lightweight space-combat focused missiles carried by strike-craft was recognised during early years of the UAS Federal Navy's operational capacity. Existing designs from the Old Federal era incorporated a variety of different payloads and roles for different craft, increasing the complexity of manufacturing and distribution. The New Federal Era would call for a standardisation of Multi-role guided ordnance that could be easily fitted to the Navy's existing DSF430 Deep Space Fighters in order to address almost any threat that would be expected of the craft in Navy doctrine.
Such uses included being fast and agile enough to be used in a Space-Superiority capacity against other Deep Space Fighters, and carrying a large enough payload to be used in a limited anti-ship capacity against larger vessels, such as Corvettes and Frigates. The UAS Naval R&D department eventually created a universal missile concept that would replace the existing SCM-8A (Space Combat Missile) in use by the UTN Navy in the Old Federal Era for more than 500 cycles prior. The New design was named MPM-9 'Kingfisher' (Multi-Purpose Missile) Series 9.
Drawing from lessons learned of the long-serving S/M/L Launch system using configurable Hornet missiles for larger warships, the Kingfisher is able to be configured with a variety of different payload types and mobility packages in order to suit a specific scenario, but maintains excellent all-purpose capability in the default configuration; allowing Wing Commanders increased flexibility on a limited number of pylons on the fleet's Deep Space Fighters.
The missile is similar in capability to the Hornet-S short-range missile used by the S/M/L launch system but optimised for launch from highly mobile strike-craft launch platforms. Like the Hornet-S, the Kingfisher is equipped with a Multi-Spectrum Active Sensors guidance system incorporating Full-Spectrum visible light Image Recognition, Space-Density Distortion and directed MLADAR/RADAR tracking. The targeting computer can use all of these systems simultaneously in order to guide the projectile to its target, with several layers of redundancy depending on the conditions within the missile is fired.
The mobility package utilised a magnetic thrust-vectoring system that directs the missiles fixed-capacity, single-stage Fission Impulse Nuclear Drive along four lateral zones that actively allows it to change course. This prevents the need for additional gas-propulsion actuators, saving space and weight. The single-stage nuclear drive ignites immediately upon launch, giving the missile excellent acceleration. In order to prevent "burn out" of the launch platform's pylons, the vectoring system diverts fission energy away from the hull for a few seconds during which the missile stabilises from the launch system. During launch, the pylon actively repulses the missile downward with a compressed gas igniter, preventing damage to the craft.
Despite the high speed, Kingfisher has a respectable turning circle due to the magnetic thrust vectoring, and can effective fly side-ways to about 45 degrees to adjust course, giving it excellent target tracking capability.
The Warhead compartment allows for the installation of a variety of different payloads, from Low-yield nuclear impulse, to Space-Burst Fragmentation for use against fighters, to shield-busting electromagnetic discharge payloads. The standard payload for the highest flexibility of the MPM-9 system is a space-burst fragmentation warhead with a shaped charge stage using a limited nuclear fission charge to penetrate armour. The First stage penetrator is triggered on close proximity to the nose-cone or direct contact (hence the stand-off on the missile). Depending on how the missile is configured by the launch platform, the second stage space-burst fragmentation component can be activated after contact or in a much larger radius proximity fuse for use against agile threats that are unviable to achieve a direct hit on.
The MPM-9 has recieved several upgrades during its service since the transition to the Imperial Era in 4404 A.D, resulting in many improvements to range and payload capacity though the basic design has remained relatively consistent, much like the S/M/L system.


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By Larry Press
In a study of the Internet in China in the late 1990s, my colleagues and I observed that “China has been able to execute plans effectively by allocating resources to competing, government-owned enterprises,” and Kai-Fu Lee shows that they have pursued a similar strategy with respect to AI. Now they are doing the same with low-Earth orbit (LEO) broadband satellite constellations.
Last December, state-owned China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation (CASIC) launched their first experimental Hongyun (rainbow cloud) Project satellite and a week later China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC) launched their first experimental Hongyan (wild goose) Project satellite. (Both CASIC and CASC have Wikipeida pages and their Fortune Global 500 ranks are 322 and 323).
As shown here, Hongyun launched a test satellite in December 2018 and said they planned four more during 2019, but there is no record of those having been launched as of today. They have, however, completed tests of Web browsing, video chat, and high-resolution streaming and said users across China would be able to access the demonstration system. (I assume that refers to test users).
They initially planned to begin operating with 156 satellites by the middle of the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25), emphasizing service in China’s remote regions. Late last year, they expanded the constellation plan from 156 to 864 satellites orbiting at 1,175 km with an 8 Terabytes per second capacity. They hope to serve 2 million 5G users through direct connections to base stations, 200,000 broadband users and 10 million Internet of things (IoT) users. The focus will be on China and Belt and Road nations.
CASIC has also established two satellite factories in Hubei and Hunan provinces. This may have been necessitated by the increase in the number of planned Hongyun satellites or it may be another application of the strategy of creating competing state-owned enterprises.
CASC’s Hongyan project plans a constellation of around 320 LEO satellites. They have launched one test satellite so far and had hoped to launch eight more by 2020, but did not make that deadline. They expect to have 60 operating satellites “around” 2023 and to be able to provide global coverage with the full constellation by 2025.
As shown in this illustration, they plan to connect buildings, ships, trains, and planes and to provide mobile backhaul and, most interestingly, direct service to mobile phones. He Mu, Hongyan Application Director, promised the development of a “chip [that] can be integrated into the mobile phone so that everyone holding an ordinary mobile phone will have access to seamless satellite telecommunication with global coverage.” That does not sound like a mobile connection to a base station with satellite backhaul, but neither does it sound possible.
Earlier this month a third competitor, GalaxySpace, launched Yinhe-1, which is expected to test Q/V and Ka-band communications at up to 10 Gbps. They refer to Yinhe-1 as a “5G satellite.” I’m not sure what a “5G” satellite is, but note again that the above diagram shows a satellite communicating directly with a mobile phone, as opposed to a mobile tower. Check out this short video on the satellite and launch.
CASIC has four other “five clouds” projects underway in addition to Hongyun: Feiyun, using solar-powered drones, Kuaiyun, using near-space airships (dirigibles?), Tengyun, a project to develop a reusable space plane, and Xingyun, an 80-LEO narrowband IoT constellation using cubsats, the first of which is to be launched soon.
As noted above, Chinese state-owned enterprises often compete with each other, but they also cooperate. For example, CASIC’s Hongun-1 was launched on a CASC rocket. (I wonder how they arrived at the launch price). Will Hongyun and Hongan exchange traffic at shared ground stations? Will their satellites one day intercommunicate in order to optimize a joint constellation with different orbits? Will they intercommunicate with China’s geostationary satellites and other space assets?
It is often argued that government ownership and subsidy are unfair to competitors and lead to a suboptimal allocation of resources. I assume this sort of government-brokered “coordinated competition” is more common in China than in the US, but even here, the lines between government-sponsored research and development, government procurement and industrial subsidy are a bit vague as are the criteria for anti-trust enforcement. People and organizations will learn to game either system, so both must be dynamic.
Hongyun, Hongyan and GalaxySpace are late to the game. OneWeb, SpaceX, and Telesat are beginning to sign up customers and will launch a lot of satellites this year. Amazon is also a late-comer, but they have a lot of money and complementary infrastructure. Like Amazon, China has funds for the long run, domestic infrastructure which can be shared by the three LEO projects, and they are working on reusabillity. Furthermore, they have a political advantage in the “Digital Silk Road” nations of our increasingly divided world and divided Internet. China will be a formidable satellite Internet service competitor.
Written by Larry Press, Professor of Information Systems at California State University
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* A good degree or equivalent in Engineering, Computing or a similar subject.
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This morning, Shop.ca announced its partnership with Drone Delivery Canada with the apparent intention of integrating drones as a potential delivery method.
More details in their release:
Canada’s First Multi-Merchant E-Commerce Marketplace to Pilot Drone Delivery Canada’s Next Generation UAV Logistic Service.
Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) a Canadian drone delivery services provider pioneering drone delivery technology in Canada has been selected by SHOP.CA to utilize its drone delivery technology. This relationship will provide next generation UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) logistic services to its Canadian customers
Drone Delivery Canada and SHOP.CA will commence testing and integrating DDC’s drone delivery platform with the existing SHOP.CA logistics framework. DDC’s technology will provide unparalleled, just in time delivery for SHOP.CA customers who desire immediate product delivery.
“This partnership marks a milestone for our company”, said Trevor Newell, President and founder at SHOP.CA. “By Embracing Drone Delivery Canada’s next generation drone technology we are further fortifying our commitment to innovation and adding value to our customers”, added Newell.
“Collectively we will bring a new level of retail experience to Canadian consumers”, said Tony Di Benedetto, CEO at Drone Delivery Canada. “SHOP.CA customers will have increased flexibility to have their orders delivered instantly, utilizing DDC’s next generation drone delivery technology”, added Di Benedetto.
The drone delivery service will be commercially available to customers of SHOP.CA once all necessary government approvals have been obtained.
Drone Delivery Canada’s FAQs answer a couple questions about the viability of getting your next shop.ca purchase from a drone:
Is It Legal ?
Legislation is currently being drafted in Canada and the United States to legalize commercial drone applications. We anticipate legislation will be enacted in Canada within the next 12-16 months. A number of countries have already legalized this technology and commercial drone applications are underway.
Is It Safe ?
Drones are no different than typical aircraft (planes), they require stringent operating principals and guidelines to ensure safety for all. Drone Delivery Canada is focused on maximizing safety and is hard at work developing redundant and fail safe systems to ensure our technology meets and exceeds all safety guidelines.


ERA OF SPACE TOURISM HAS ARRIVED
Recent events are reminiscent of 1960’s race for the moon which was fueled by fierce cold war competition between the governments of Soviet East and Capitalist West.
Commercially motivated Business tycoons of 21st century are now in a cut throat competition for expanding their private corporate empires above and beyond the Planet’s atmospheric frontiers.
PIONEERS OF SPACE TOURISM
Announcements made by owner of Virgin Group Richard Branson, retired CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos and CEO of Space X Elon Musk about their maiden commercial space tours are trending on tech and science blogs. For clientele with well-lined purses, the promise of literal “out of this world” experience is packaged distinctively for obvious commercial and branding reasons.
Branson’s is offering to take Virgin Galactic’s spacecraft VSS Unity to high altitude by attaching it under the belly of a large carrier plane, where it will be released to reach suborbital space. A group of six space adventurists will be able to experience weightlessness and majestic views of earth’s curvature through 12 large windows for a few minutes before gliding back down to the ground.
As audacious as he is, Branson has planned to join the first group of space adventurists himself. The first commercial space flight of VSS Unity is planned on July 11th, 2021.
In case, you are too accustomed to horizontal thrust, Bezos has just the right adventure ready for you. His Blue Origin’s New Shepard space capsule tied to a space rocket will blast-off vertically with three times the speed of sound until it reaches 100 Km above the mean sea level. Six passengers will be able to experience the space and its beauty through six windows before their capsule glides back down with the help of parachutes.
Much like the now old aviation industry where you get a chance to book the next flight if you miss one. Savvy capitalist Bezos has planned his space flight mere nine days after the Brandon’s i.e. July 20th, 2021.
Competing in this race for space tourism, founder and CEO of Space X Elon Musk is not far behind. Actually, quite the opposite, he is planning for going far beyond. His plans are more venturesome than his competitors in this thriving futuristic industry of space travel.
By the end of this year, Musk has promised to offer for the ones willing to pay and dare a circumlunar tour. Spaceflight participants will leave earths orbital space, enter the lunar orbit and come back to earth after circumventing in the moons orbital space. The whole space flight operation will be pilot free, automated and coordinated from the ground. Participants will experience in peace the awe of space, earth and moon before coming back home on autopilot.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COSTS?
Reading about your fantasies being realized, you may be wondering how much does it costs to have yourself booked for such space flight. How expensive could it be?
They surely are not cheap, you must have already guessed that much. But still, we do like to know the price. For curiosity’s sake take this: Bezos sold ticket for one seat on his Blue Origin suborbital flight in an auction for $28 million US Dollars.
Evidently, space travel is by no means cheap. Is space travel only for billionaires with deep pockets?
WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS?
The race between the world powers for achieving superiority over each other in the skies and beyond led to accelerated technological advancement in the aviation industry. Discovery and invention of long range radars for navigation, robust coordination systems, suitable materials and powerful engines are all gifts from that era.
The phrase has already been coined by the famous TV Show host Stephen Colbert “Welcome to a new era of space flight” on a live stream of NBC news.
Era of space travel and exploration has arrived. The contrast from pervious era’s race to the moon is that this time the competition is between the capitalist billionaires not nation-states. The contest is for commercial gains not political. Measure of success is in monetary terms not body count.
With all its positive connotations, the contemporary order of things has made space travel non-egalitarian.
Taking the evolution of aviation industry as reference, it can be assumed that the future holds space travel, exploration and tourism for all humanity.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT?
Which space adventure would you like to embark on, assuming you could afford all in near future, from the three options mentioned in this article?


October 27, 2018
You can send a request to download new three-dimensional models (DMU) of ROTAX 912 iS и ROTAX 915 iS and accessories.
December 16, 2017
ROTAX 915 iS engine receives EASA Type Certificate. EASA Type Certificate Data Sheet published for ROTAX engine model ROTAX 915 iSc3 A
May 19, 2015
We are pleased to inform you that BRP-Rotax Company is celebrating 40 years of Rotax aircraft engines and therefore searching for the oldest active certified Rotax aircraft engine in operation.
The company will invite the owner of the oldest active certified Rotax aircraft engine to visit the Rotax factory in Gunskirchen, Austria.
June 10, 2014
Information on new ROTAX 912 iS Sport has been published.
March 13, 2014
If you as a flight school or ROTAX service (repair) center provider want to be included in the flight school or dealer locator at the official ROTAX website www.flyrotax.com, please contact us and provide the following data:
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October 18, 2013
Aviagamma. launched a training class for professional staff for repairs and heavy maintenance service centers.
The first course was held in July 2013, from 22 to 25.
The first course will be held in November 2013, from 11 to 14.
September 11, 2012
English version of our website went online.
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WASHINGTON – With a record number of flights expected this summer, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it would expand the use of a strategy to minimize weather-related delays in air traffic. The strategy, called the airspace flow program, allows airlines to choose between flying longer routes to avoid stormy weather or accepting delays that are aggravating for travelers and costly for the industry. “If your flight isn’t scheduled to fly through bad weather, you don’t have to sit on the tarmac,” FAA Administrator Marion Blakey said in a written statement. “If it is, your airline has the choice of taking a delay … or flying around the storm.” The program was introduced last year in seven high-air-traffic regions in the Northeast, reducing delays due to bad weather by 9 percent, the FAA said. This summer the program will be used in 18 regions, including parts of the South and Midwest. The FAA, which developed the program with input from industry representatives, estimated that the program would save $100 million per year in reduced costs for airlines and the public. Sid McGuirk, associate professor of air-traffic management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., credited the FAA for its pragmatic approach to maintaining high safety standards, while addressing the complaints of airlines and corporate jets whose owners felt that many flights were being grounded unnecessarily. “In years past, they’ve erred on the side of caution, and the users have been screaming,” McGuirk said. “This is a cautious move toward allowing the users to access the system in a way that doesn’t overload the system and doesn’t create a dangerous situation.” However, a union, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association, says a shortage of air traffic controllers will make summer delays inevitable. “You’ve got to have more controllers,” said Doug Church, spokesman for the controllers union, which is seeking to restart stalled negotiations on a new contract. “They’re going to be working tired.” So far this year, Blakey said, U.S. carriers are off to a tough start, with flight delays up by 13 percent between January and April. The FAA’s actions came as the Air Transport Association, the airline industry’s main trade group, forecast that a record number of airline passengers would fly during the Memorial Day holiday weekend and throughout the summer. For a 10-day period around Memorial Day, the association predicts, 21.4 million passengers worldwide will travel on U.S. airlines, up 3.3 percent from last year. Between June and August, the association forecasts, there will be 209 million passengers, up 3 percent from last year. James May, the group’s president, said airlines “are maximizing their efforts to ensure that operations run smoothly for our customers.” 160Want local news?Sign up for the Localist and stay informed Something went wrong. Please try again.subscribeCongratulations! You’re all set!


Sturdy Flying Machine Featuring highly anti-collision elastic plastic protective frame,
this is a very well built and strong piece of equipment that can handle more crashes than regular quadcopters.
Excellent for beginners and casual flight amateur.
Size: 17 × 17 × 3.5CM
Maximum rise speed: 2m / s
Maximum descent speed: 1m / s
Maximum horizontal flight speed: 5m / s
(No interference, no shelter): about 60 meters
The longest flight time
(No wind, uniform flight Second gear): 8 minutes and 40 seconds
Maximum hover time
(No wind): about 9 minutes
Working voltage: 6V
Operating frequency: 2.4G
Signal effective distance: about 60 meters
Low voltage protection: 4.3V
Support for mobile devices: 6CM-10CM
Battery resistance: ≤150mΩ
Charge off voltage: 4.3V
Discharge cutoff voltage: 3.00V
Standard charging current; 260mA
Maximum continuous discharge current; 6.5A
Charging time: 75min
Operating temperature range: Charging: 15 ~ 45 ℃, discharge: 15 ~ 60 ℃
RC drone boasts Brilliant Colorful LED lights providing you the ability to light up the night and WOW your friends and family! Watch the Drones Night Light Show!
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HD FPV CAMERA: First Person View 720P HD REAL TIME Video Camera (2MP, 1280×720 Pixel) enable you to take aerial videos and photos with your iPhone or Android phone device.
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One Giant Leap!
One Giant Leap!
July 20th marks the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin’s first steps on the lunar surface. The Williamsville Space Lab Planetarium will be celebrating with a special event. A spectacular fulldome show will immerse you in the space race and show you what it took to put the first humans on the moon.
Also featured will be Dr. Tracy Gregg, Associate Professor of Geology at the University at Buffalo who will discuss selenology, or the geology of the moon. Apollo 11 brought almost 50 pounds of Moon rocks back to Earth in 1969. Dr. Gregg will explain how these samples fundamentally changed our understanding of Earth and the Solar System, and how Earth and the Moon formed.
We will finish off the evening with a laser show featuring music from 1969 and accompanied by spectacular laser light visualizations.
(Recommended to ages 8 to adult)
|Sat, July 20||5:00 pm - 6:30 pm||One Giant Leap - Celebrating Apollo 11
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Type in your city or airport identifier for a visual representation of the NBAA IFR Range (NM) for this aircraft. Right Engine: 179.2 Hours / 163 Cycles. The total annual budget for flying a Citation II private jet 200 hours per year is approximately $719,840 or $1,124,118 for flying 400 hours per year. The maximum speed of the Citation II is 432 mph, but with slower climb, cruise and descending speeds it is more likely to average 346 mph which would equate to an average cost per mile of approximately $10.41 at 200 hours per year. ACHIEVE NEW HEIGHTS. Citation ISP Operating Costs - Jet Management A Cessna Citation X+ is $4,098.69, while the new Cessna Latitude is $2,935.67. Cessna Citation CJ3+ Jet Small: $1,680.03: 6: 13870: 1748: 417: 2: FJ44-3A: Williams: Cessna Citation CJ4: Jet Small: $1,970.13: 7: 17110: 2022: 454: 2: FJ44-4A: Williams: Cessna Citation M2: Jet Small: $1,395.31: 6: 10700: 1074: 404: 2: FJ44-1AP: Williams: Embraer Phenom 300: Jet Small: $1,757.53: 7: 17968: 1974: 444: 2: PW535E: Pratt & Whitney Canada: Nextant Aerospace 400XTi: Jet … Passenger and baggage amounts can greatly effect the performance of an aircraft since minimum runway lengths, range and speed are all effected by its weight. All Cessna Aircraft. Textron Aviation is pleased to present you with this 2014 Citation M2. A good management company will have most major jet fuel cards who negotiate discounts with the fuel providers (FBO's) and will check pricing prior to landing to better manage these costs. The Cessna Citation M2 is a light jet that is typically outiftted with one and a half cabin zones and has a range of 700 nm. Performance . Phenom 100 View Phenom 100 . Australia & New Zealand Tour Monday 7 th May - Friday 11 th May 2018. Jet Charter . Cessna Citation M2. Operators should weigh up their mission requirements precisely when picking which option is the best for them. A $3,709,050.00 loan over 120 months including $15454.38 per month in interest equates to a $185,985.54 per-period payment. Total Time. Insurance costs will vary by type and amount of coverage, size of fleet and other factors. Citation Mustang | $522,789.84. Cessna Citation M2 Type Rating Cost - Price Currently we do not have any information on the cost of the Cessna Citation M2 type rating. not available These Citation M2 Jets aircraft for sale are available immediately. The Mustang is priced less than the Phenom 100 and M2, offers much lower costs, is the most frugal in fuel usage, but offers less range and a smaller gross cabin volume compared to the Phenom 100 and Citation M2. Basic Operating Weight 6,990 lb (3,171 kg) Useful Load: 3,810 lb (1,728 kg) Maximum Payload: 1,510 lb (685 … It is also important to categorize the operating costs into variable and fixed costs. This will provide an overview on the Cessna Citation M2 operating costs. Most owners purchase the majority of their fuel at their home base airport which is why the selection of a hangar an important component in managing costs. The Cessna Citation M2 operating costs are all combined into six main areas that most private / business jets have. Get Insurance Operating Costs Apply for Financing. Designed for short range flights of up to two and half hours, the M2 is a comfortable and cost-effective solution for up to 6 people when chartered. As the chart displays, fixed costs are spread over more hours, the more you fly up to the point where additional crew will be required. Engine 2 Notes. Airframe Notes. Total Time: 179.2 Hours / 163 Landings. Capabilities of the Citation Mustang. Powered by two FJ44-1AP-21 engines producing 1,965 lbf each allowing the Citation M2 of carrying 4 passengers a NBAA IFR range of 1,183 nm, and a max cruise speed of 401 knots. Charter a Citation M2 with evoJets, proudly serving clients since 2006. Textron Aviation is pleased to present this 2019 Citation M2. Right Engine: 1116 Hours / 783 Cycles. Much like an insurance plan, you pay into a pool each hour you fly and when maintenance is required, it is paid out of that pool. If you provide insurance for the jet contact us to learn how your services can be listed here. Engine 2. The Nextant 400XTi comes in at $1,623.06, and the SyberJet SJ30 at $1,607.77. The operating costs of business jets and turboprops are detailed by category, variable cost per hour, seats, maximum takeoff weight, range, maximum cruise speed, and engine information. Looking at additional manufacturers, an Embraer Lineage 1000E costs $5,827.32 per hour, while a Cessna Citation Mustang is $1,015.37. CJ2+: US$7.044M (2012) CJ3+: US$8.705M (2019) CJ4: US$9.655M (2019) Developed from. 2018 CESSNA CITATION M2. Cessna 526 CitationJet. FlyRadius is focused on increasing access to information about the aviation industry. Located in Syracuse, NY, the M2 is conveniently relocated, especially efficient and readily available for long and short term opportunities. The Mega Challenges Facing the Aviation Industry and What Can be Done, Airlines Request Bailout - What Can Be Done, R&D Airlines - A Way for Airlines to Find New Routes, Cessna Citation M2 Fuel Burn Consumption page, Cessna Citation M2 Specifications - Dimensions, Cessna Citation M2 Type Rating - Training, Cessna Citation M2 Avionics - Garmin G3000. Cessna Citation M2 Specifications. Passengers – 5 Cruise Speed – 331 knots. Cessna/Textron Citation M2 The Cessna Citation M2 is a light jet that is typically outiftted with one and a half cabin zones and has a range of 700 nm. 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