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Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Future nasa aircraft

Look more closely at these concepts for airplanes that may enter service 20 to 25 years from now and you'll see things that are quite different from the aircraft of today.

An 18-month NASA research effort to visualize the passenger airplanes of the future has produced some ideas that at first glance may appear to be old fashioned. Instead of exotic new designs seemingly borrowed from science fiction, familiar shapes dominate the pages of advanced concept studies which four industry teams completed for NASA's Fundamental Aeronautics Program in April 2010.

These are some of the common themes from the four reports:

Slower cruising -- at about Mach 0.7, or seven-tenths the speed of sound, which is 5 percent to 10 percent slower than today's aircraft -- and at higher altitudes, to save fuel.
Engines that require less power on takeoff, for quieter flight.
Shorter runways -- about 5,000 feet long, on average -- to increase operating capacity and efficiency.
Smaller aircraft – in the medium-size class of a Boeing 737, with cabin accommodations for no more than 180 passengers – flying shorter and more direct routes, for cost-efficiency.
Reliance on promised advancements in air traffic management such as the use of automated decision-making tools for merging and spacing enroute and during departure climbs and arrival descents.

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Tuesday, December 28, 2010

lufthansa boeing 737 wallpapers

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Airbus A320 Pictures

Airbus A320

Airbus A320

Airbus A320

Airbus A320

Paris - The search for the victims of the crash of an Airbus A320 in the Mediterranean Sea resumed early Friday off the French coast, with searchers holding out no hope of finding any survivors. Seven people are believed dead in the crash, which occurred Thursday afternoon near the city of Perpignan, where the aircraft was being overhauled.

Two bodies were recovered from the waters on Thursday before the search was called off because of heavy rains and high waves. The continuing bad weather was hampering search efforts on Friday as well.

The plane belonged to Air New Zealand and had been leased to the German carrier XL Airways for the last two years. It was to have been returned in the coming days to Air New Zealand following completion of the maintenance work, a spokesman for XL Airways said.

The aircraft disappeared from radar screens as it was returning to Perpignan after a two-hour test flight, having been repainted in Air New Zealand colours prior to being flown back to its homeland.

Two German pilots, a pilot and three engineers employed by Air New Zealand as well as an inspector from New Zealand's Civil Aviation Authority were aboard the aircraft.

An investigation has been opened into the cause of the accident. The daily Le Figaro reported Friday that both French and German aviation experts were involved in the inquiry. (dpa)

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Thursday, December 23, 2010

USAF 100th Air Refuelling Wing pics and detail

The 100th Air Refueling Wing (100 ARW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Forces in Europe Third Air Force. It is stationed at RAF Mildenhall, England. It is also the host wing at RAF Mildenhall.

The 100 ARW is the only permanent U.S. air refueling wing in the European theater. The wing provides the critical air refueling "bridge" that allows the Expeditionary Air Force to deploy around the globe on a moment's notice.

During World War II, its predecessor unit, the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy) was a Eighth Air Force B-17 Flying Fortress unit in England, stationed at RAF Thorpe Abbotts. Flying over 300 combat missions, the group earned two Distinguished Unit Citations (Regensburg, 17 August 1943; Berlin, 4/6/8 March 1944). The group suffered tremendous losses in combat, with 177 Aircraft MIA, flying its last mission on 20 April 1945.

The 100th Air Refueling Wing has been bestowed with the lineage, honors, and history of the 100th Bombardment Group. One of these honors is that it is the only modern USAF operational wing allowed to display on its assigned aircraft the tail code (Square-D) of its World War II predecessor.

Units

USAFE's only KC-135 air refueling wing composed of 15 permanently assigned aircraft, and is responsible for U.S. aerial refueling operations conducted throughout the European theater. The unit supports some 16,000 personnel, including Third Air Force, four geographically separated units, and 15 associated units.

100th Operations Group (100 OG)

* 351st Air Refueling Squadron (351 ARS)

* 100th Operations Support Squadron (100 OSS)

100th Maintenance Group (100 MXG)

* 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (100 AMXS)

* 100th Maintenance Squadron (100 MXS)

* 100th Maintenance Operations Squadron (100 MOS)

100th Mission Support Group (100 MSG)

* 100th Civil Engineer Squadron (100 CES)

* 100th Communications Squadron (100 CS)

* 100th Contracting Squadron (100 CONS)

* 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron (100 LRS)

* 100th Mission Support Squadron (100 MSS)

* 100th Security Forces Squadron (100 SFS)

* 100th Services Squadron (100 SVS)