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Subject: 787 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/dreamliner-jet-draws-boeing-logo-across-north-america-163127660.html

Subject: University Develops Swarming Drones (With Video) ( http://www.avweb.com ). University Develops Swarming Drones (With Video) February 10, 2012 By Glenn Pew, Contributing Editor, Video Editor ( http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/news/university_figure_eight_swarm_drone_206169-1.html ) A research team at the University of Pennsylvania has successfully demonstrated close formation work among large networked groups of autonomous vehicles, and the results are visually captivating. The SWARMS project ( http://www.swarms.org/ ) (Scalable sWarms of Autonomous Robots and Mobile Sensors) involves a team from the university's general robotics, automation, sensing and perception lab. Work there on autonomous multicopters has led to demonstrations of the vehicles performing obstacle navigation and precise maneuvering while flying in large formations and operating as a group of networked autonomous vehicles. In plain English, you'll want to watch all 16 of them autonom

THE GERMAN I ncredible four minute footage of a desperate Spitfire vs. ME-109 dual. You feel like you are there! Amazing computer work blended in with real photography.  Notice the distance between aircraft when the firing begins - I'd say about 20 meters (yards) - biggest problem is not getting hit by wreckage flying past you. Also an interesting factual story that most of us did not know.   History is rarely 'over'. Now sit back and strap on your parachute harness ... it is the Summer of 1940 over the skies of England.   Listen to the perfect 'purr' of the Rolls Royce Merlin ... Watch this full screen. It's very well done.  [BTW, the Brit is the guy with the mustache.] Click on the link below: Sound ON.  The German

Subject: Real Tuskegee Airmen Helped 'Red Tails' Take Flight : NPR If you haven't seen it you should. A little about it. http://www.npr.org/2012/01/26/145841045/real-tuskegee-airmen-helped-red-tails-take-flight

Subject: The Red Tail Squadron | Honoring the Tuskegee Airmen More. http://www.redtail.org/

Subject: Eagles Nest Project Open House In North Vernon Indiana To All aviation contacts, Please share the attachment and below information with others within your contacts regarding this amazing and inspiring program. Thank you for your support of our aviation community! Corey, The below message is from Bob Kelly, Eagles Nest Coordinator _____________________________ This is an open invitation to visit the Eagle's Nest Project nearing completion at Jennings County High School, North Vernon, Indiana. Background:  An Eagle's Nest Project is a group of high school students building a Van's RV-12 aircraft within their school.  It is supported by Friends of the RV-1, a 501(c)(3) public charity headquartered in Texas. Eagle's Nest Projects are available to schools and other youth groups at a discounted price, and are supported by Van's Aircraft, as well as FoRV-1.  Eagle's Nest One is at JCHS, as will be Eagle's Nest Two.  ENPs are wo

Begin forwarded message: From: "EAA Chapter 59" < eaachapter59@yahoo.com > Date: January 26, 2012 11:00:37 PM EST Subject: FW: Raffle Please distribute to your members Raffle Flyer Attached You need not be present. The max number of tickets is 1500. There are fifty prizes and 50 draws. The ticket will not be removed from the drawing after drawn. It is possible to win multiple prizes. The N number for the Wag-Aero Sport Trainer is N459TX Those that I have email addresses for, will receive a report listing the winners. Others will be called if they win and can request a report. Our Wag Aero Sport Trainer is now complete and has been given an airworthiness certificate. We will be flying off the hours in the next weeks. The airplane is a beautiful piece of workmanship, completed by experienced builders who spent time as though it was their own. Check our website, EAA59.org to see more pictures and curre

Subject: "Super Bowl NOTAM - Indianapolis, IN" - FAASafety.gov < http://www.faasafety.gov/images/hottopics/FAA-Logo.gif >    FAA Safety Team | Safer Skies Through Education     Super Bowl NOTAM - Indianapolis, IN Notice Number: NOTC3475 2/4708 NOTAM --- For futher details and sectional chart refer to http://tfr.faa.gov Beginning Date and Time :    February 05, 2012 at 2130 UTC   Ending Date and Time :    February 06, 2012 at 0459 UTC Area A   Airspace Definition:          Center:    On the BRICKYARD VORTAC (VHP) 108 degree radial at 10 nautical miles. (Latitude: 39º45'36"N, Longitude: 86º09'50"W)          Radius:    30 nautical miles          Altitude:    From the surface up to but not including 18000 feet MSL   Effective Date(s):          From February 05, 2012 at 2130 UTC (February 05, 2012 at 1630 EST)          To February 06, 2012 at 0459 UTC (February 05, 2012 at 2359 EST)     Area B   A

Subject: Flying the U-2 U-2 Dragon Lady This is quite interesting for pilot types. Unfortunately this is long, but it is remarkable what the U-2 can do. High Flight, by Barry Schiff Maj. Dean Neeley is in the forward, lower cockpit of the Lockheed U-2ST, a two-place version of the U-2S, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that the Air Force calls "Dragon Lady.." His voice on the intercom breaks the silence. "Do you know that you're   the highest person in the world?" He explains that I am in the higher of the two cockpits and that there are no other U-2s airborne right now. "Astronauts don't count," he says, "They're out of this world." We are above 70,000 feet and still climbing slowly as the aircraft becomes lighter. The throttle has been at its mechanical limit since takeoff, and the single General Electric F118-GE-101 turbofan engine sips fuel so slowly at this altitude that consumption is less than when

Heartrate at start 150bpm - heartrate inflight: 170bpm.... Great insights into this airborne madness!! Be sure to go to full screen once you've started the clip... http://www.kuriositas.com/2012/01/sense-of-flying.html

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Wing Cracks Found On Some A380 Wing Rib Feet Engineers' Union Says All Aircraft Should Be Checked Quickly, Airbus And Airlines Downplay Safety Risks The Australian Licensed Aircraft Engineers Association (ALAEA) has called for the inspection of all A380s flying for Qantas and other carriers after small cracks were found in the wing-rib attachments in some airplanes. The online news site Stuff.nz.co reports that Qantas discovered the cracks on one of its airplanes undergoing "extensive repair," and Airbus confirmed that the problem has cropped up in five superjumbos. Along with the Qantas airplane, one Emirates aircraft and two belonging to Singapore Airlines have wing-rib attachment cracks. The fifth airplane is a development platform belonging to Airbus. Airbus and the airlines all say their flagship airplanes are completely safe to fly. Airbus said it will be issuing a service bulletin later this month requiring airlines to check the jets for the probl