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Engineers fly the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft Posted In: Strange But True | R&D Daily | Engineering | Engineering | Manufacturing Methods | Software | Computer Technology | Modeling | Software | Aerospace | Computers & Peripherals | Electrical Equipment | Machinery | Materials | Software | Lasers Thursday, July 28, 2011 SULSA is the world's first "printed" aircraft. Credit: University of Southampton Engineers at the University of Southampton have designed and flown the world’s first ‘printed’ aircraft, which could revolutioniZe the economics of aircraft design. The SULSA (Southampton University Laser Sintered Aircraft) plane is an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) whose entire structure has been printed, including wings, integral control surfaces and access hatches. It was printed on an EOS EOSINT P730 nylon laser sintering machine, which fabricates plastic or metal objects, building up the item layer by layer. No fasteners

NTSB Identification: ERA10LA175 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation Accident occurred Monday, March 15, 2010 in Hilton Head Island, SC Probable Cause Approval Date: 06/27/2011 Aircraft: SMITH EDWARD I LANCAIR IV-P, registration: N9JE Injuries: 1 Fatal, 2 Uninjured. According to the NTSB's probable cause report, the pilot stated that while in cruise flight he observed the instrument panel begin to vibrate heavily and oil begin to cover the wind screen before hearing a loud "bang." The engine then lost power as oil continued to obscure the wind screen. The pilot had no forward visibility and could not maintain the airplane's altitude. He elected to make an emergency landing on a nearby beach and during the landing the airplane struck and killed a pedestrian. Examination of the airplane revealed that the propeller assembly separated from the crankshaft and was missing. The propeller assembly and propeller flange were not recovered. An examination by the NTSB Mater

The length of a Cub is 27’ 7”. Note the landing distance for several of these guys is less than the length of a Cub. How long is your driveway?..  J http://freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=133255 Good Stick work...This demonstrates what how great bush pilots have to be.  They would make great carrier guys.

Midair rescue mystery solved 43 years later By Jeff Jardine, Modesto Bee Published: Monday, Mar. 7, 2011 - 12:00 am | Page 3A MODESTO - Wayne Hague always wondered whatever happened to the pilot whose crippled plane he refueled and escorted to safety over North Vietnam .. Ron Catton always wondered about that pilot who kept him from having to bail out of his F-4C Phantom fighter and right into a suite at the Hanoi Hilton. More than 43 years have passed since they were linked by their meeting in the skies over Southeast As ia, even though they never knew each other's names. But fate has a way of working things out. This head-spinner happened because two men who live more than 900 miles apart told their versions of same story to the same people who helped them finally connect. Here's the gist of it: Hague, 76, retired from the Air Force, spent 20 years teaching and now is a volunteer counselor at the Merced County Rescue Mission in Merced . Catton, 78,

You will like all the pixs of Seattle. Phil https://picasaweb.google.com/davewhit16/B24FlightJune25th2011?authkey=Gv1sRgCJmkkN747cDfGQ&feat=email#slideshow/5622751499696453282

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