tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90445553192755730922024-03-12T20:15:18.175-07:00Just Plane HistoryKokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-10278700953168588892018-01-27T16:29:00.000-08:002018-01-27T16:29:18.800-08:00I'm back. Let's see if I can do a smaller hiatus than 2 years. So let's do snippets. Less pain, less research, but equal quality as the rest of the posts. And it'll keep me focused on keeping this blog alive. Maybe even some bits that interest me. Hopefully third time's the charm.Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-34563602524999206272015-10-28T14:21:00.000-07:002015-10-28T14:25:46.650-07:00Loose Blimps, Sinking Zeppelins<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Okay, much is talked about the loose NORAD aerostat radar system
today, hashtag blimp, and why shouldn't we (officially a Tethered Aerostat Radar System - TARS, but part of the
missile detector program Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense
Elevated Netted Sensor System - JLENS).<br />
<br />
When do we ever get the panicky headline,
"BLIMP LOOSE, RUN FOR COVER!" Blimps are somewhat of an eccentricity
usually found advertising insurance companies or automobile tires in sports
events. While the news media tries to eviscerate the military usage of these
blimps, the Pentagon seems to be defending its actions over its successful usage
over Iraq. It is also important to mention that these balloons float on tethers
along the US border with Mexico (which I assume the loose blimp over
Pennsylvania was doing similarly with the Canadian border) in order to observe
and provide intercept data to airborne smuggling and illegal operations. This
is more efficient than sending these P-3AEW aircraft (granted, these aircraft provide
coverage to areas where the aerostats and over-horizon radar installations
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And they are pretty aircraft with a slick livery.</td></tr>
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The problem is that this came loose from a wild windstorm
brewing in the Northeast coast on the morning of October 28th. And then lots of
people either lost their shit over it, or got a laugh out of it. Especially
with the crippled airship being escorted by F-16s and ripping out power lines (near
Bloomsberg, Pennsylvania) with its tether, leaving thousands without power,
like some enraged Mothra out to seek revenge from its captors. </div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9QHHarb_ano/VjE1joCfSWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/dQU9QqeUA34/s1600/800px-Marfatx2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="224" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9QHHarb_ano/VjE1joCfSWI/AAAAAAAAAYs/dQU9QqeUA34/s320/800px-Marfatx2.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All we need now is a hot-air balloon Godzilla and we have the fight of the century</td></tr>
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But this is not a new thing, despite this weird coverage of
a military blimp in the skies above the US. The United States armed forces has been
testing airship capabilities in observation and even as an aircraft carrier
ever since 1923, with the <i>USS Shenandoah</i> being built in New Jersey, and a
sistership zeppelin (<i>USS Los Angeles</i> built in Friedrichshafen, Germany) were
given to the US as reparations from WWI. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <i>Shenandoah</i> in pre-bikini era San Diego</td></tr>
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Then came the larger <i>USS Akron</i> and <i>USS Macon</i> (785ft/239m,
almost as long as the WWII aircraft carrier sea vessels) which experimented in
carrying and launching 'parasite' fighters (fighter aircraft that cling onto a larger
mothership), the Curtiss F9C Sparrowhawk.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Note the hook to grasp onto the airship, insert flea & chuckwagon joke</td></tr>
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Like the aerostat that came down crashing in Pennsylvania
today, these airships suffered catastrophes in similar storms:</div>
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In the evening of the April 3, 1933, the <i>USS Akron</i> sailed
into a thunderstorm off the coast of New Jersey with many Naval and civilian
individuals that were pushing for greater airship usage. The airship was caught
in the wind bursts of the storm and rapidly pitched up and down. As the crew
valiantly tried to save the ship but the storm slammed it into the sea, killing
more than 70 people, including the proponents of airship use (such as Admiral
William Moffett, whom the large airship hangar in San Jose, California is named
after).</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CS1OnIcZTyA/VjE01nZi3DI/AAAAAAAAAYc/N7Nvyt4YToE/s1600/USS_Akron_in_flight%252C_nov_1931.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="244" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CS1OnIcZTyA/VjE01nZi3DI/AAAAAAAAAYc/N7Nvyt4YToE/s320/USS_Akron_in_flight%252C_nov_1931.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sleek design, but not storm-flexible</td></tr>
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It's sistership, USS Macon, was hit by wind shear off the
coast of Point Sur, California. Despite losing control and having the airship
slowly ripped apart by the windstorm, the flight crew managed to control the
ballast and climb so that is slowly descended back to Earth. The airship gently
crash landed in the waters of Monterey Bay, California. The airship was lost to
the depths of the sea, but the only casualties were two sailors (one jumped
airship while it was still too high and another swam to the sinking wreckage to
get his personal belongings).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory large ship - NYC picture</td></tr>
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And even the first big airship suffered a similar fate. In
1925, the USS Shenandoah got caught in a similar windstorm as this one in the
skies of the northeast US. Unlike this blimp, made from strong mylar, the
Shenandoah was too rigid to fight off the storm and it shattered. It fell out
of the sky in three pieces, with mechanics falling to their death with the
engines, others falling through the shearing gaps from the disintegrating
airship, or dropping like a bomb inside the control cabin as it fell away from
the Shenandoah. Most of the survivors were within the airship clinging onto the
catwalks and other parts of the ship's interior as it slowly crashed into the
ground.<br />
<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_AfT5QHAfe0/VjE02Fc_B_I/AAAAAAAAAYk/st0HhEx-rQU/s1600/USS_Shenandoah_Wrack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_AfT5QHAfe0/VjE02Fc_B_I/AAAAAAAAAYk/st0HhEx-rQU/s320/USS_Shenandoah_Wrack.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the part of the ship were most of the crew survived within</td></tr>
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The US also purchased an airship from Great Britain, the <i>R-28</i> (or US Navy <i>ZR-2</i>). But on its third flight, on the 23 of August, 1921, the airship was undergoing turning trials when it suffered a catastrophic structural failure, causing parts of it to explode as it disintegrated into the waters off the coast of Hull, Yorkshire<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3V3OAWJ0Meo/VjE4d3pnkOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/4GFOy_WFRAY/s1600/Zr2aloft.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="250" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3V3OAWJ0Meo/VjE4d3pnkOI/AAAAAAAAAZA/4GFOy_WFRAY/s320/Zr2aloft.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Storms didn't kill it, but speed and turns did; like a muscle car</td></tr>
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The only rigid airship (meaning it has a fixed interior
structure holding it together, like the bones inside of a whale; and unlike the
non-rigid airships of today, including today's mishap aerostat) that survived
was the USS Los Angeles, despite having a few close calls, including getting
hit by strong gusts while moored.</div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B_sDyGSowG0/VjE00qMUAXI/AAAAAAAAAYE/rLDFAzINRAA/s1600/470px-Zr3nearvertical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B_sDyGSowG0/VjE00qMUAXI/AAAAAAAAAYE/rLDFAzINRAA/s320/470px-Zr3nearvertical.jpg" width="251" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hello</td></tr>
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As of now, media outlets are having talking heads talking
about how much chaos, destruction, and death this airship could've cause and
that we were extremely lucky and asking why did it fly away, etc. In a way, we kind of are lucky since, as of this post,
there are no reported injuries or deaths from this. In contrast to the damage
from previous airships accidents, it also shows that these things are not death
machines out for human blood (similar to how airliners became safer since the
days of the Shenandoah).</div>
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<br /></div>
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These 'blimps' provide ground and air surveillance similar
to the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) system does in having radar aiming downwards to pick up any movement:<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uzk3AJcLv5U/VjE76CrcAjI/AAAAAAAAAZM/M_rLrXrkSxc/s1600/Usaf.e8.750pix.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="291" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Uzk3AJcLv5U/VjE76CrcAjI/AAAAAAAAAZM/M_rLrXrkSxc/s400/Usaf.e8.750pix.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The chin that sees things</td></tr>
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And we have safer
materials for these type of vehicles than the rigid flammable zeppelins of a
century ago. This is no different than aircraft crashing into the ground
because of extreme weather patterns. We, as the people of the United States,
should not halt our curiosity and dauntless endeavor to better and more
efficient aeronautical vehicles, even if it is a goofy looking #blimp. So listen to the talking heads, laugh with the trolls and jokers in
social media, but also look upward as the marvels of our imagination coming to
life, whether as civilian or military applications.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Images from Wikimedia Commons & United States Air Force</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>USS Los Angeles</i> mishap & <i>ZR-2</i> pictures originally from the US Naval
Historical Center</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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industry. They built the largest aircraft in history (which are still in use),
built some of the best fighter jets and technology related to it. But aircraft
engines aren't exactly top notch. While their first inspirations came from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>research aircraft and captured German tech,
their first successful engine was a reverse engineered clone of the Rolls-Royce
Nene engine. The latter came from a visit of the engineers to the plant in
England and managed to legally procure a copy for research, creating the Klimov
VK-1. </span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This engine powered aircraft like the Korean War
famous Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 and the ubiquitous bomber Ilyushin Il-28 (NATO reporting
name: Beagle). The Russians went on to make more powerful engines for their
aircraft to properly compete with engines and aircraft from their Cold War
adversary, the United States. But the US was able to develop something that the
Russians took a while to counter, the high bypass turbofan. As stated before,
this engine sucks more air than what goes into the heating chambers in order to
provide a cool jet around the heated air in order to provide more propulsion
without requiring more powerful engines. This allowed the US military to fly
heavier jets while keeping fuel efficiency and great range, like the C-5 Galaxy
with the General Electric TF-39 engine (which was the CF6 family of engines
that powered all the wide-body, multiple aisle, airliners of that time). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Russian engines weren't great with low bypass
engines (the long & thin looking engines) as they did not have the same
performance as those like the TF-39. In fact, the most modern airliner thay had
at the time was the Ilyushin Il-86, which was powered by low bypass engine and
usually required the entire runway to take off due to the poor performance of
these engines. In fact, the Soviet Union tried to make a deal with the United
States and Lockheed to purchase a license to make Soviet L-1011 Tristars
because of its capabilities and engines (which would have made it the life
saver and biggest purchaser of this airline).</span>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Imagine this possibility, one of the strangest and
coolest things that could've happened to aviation in the Cold War.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the technology in the cockpit and engines was
too great to share to the Soviets. So aircraft engineer Vladimir Lotarev
designed the first high bypass engine for the Soviets, the Lotarev D-36.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It was a small engine, powering medium and small
sized aircraft like the unique looking Ukrainian Antonov An-72 (NATO name:
Coaler, Russian nickname: Cheburashka, a similarly looking large eared animated
character from that region),</span></div>
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exponential when the Ivchenko-Progress design bureau, in Zaporizhia, Ukraine,
designed the Progress D-18T.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This engine was the largest engine, at the time (beaten
by the GEnx, powering the Boeing 787, GE90, powering the 777, and the Engine
Alliance GP7000 or the Rolls-Royce Trent 900, either of them powering the Airbus
A380), powering the largest mass produced aircraft today,Antonov An-124 (NATO
name: Condor) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">and the largest aircraft ever, </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> the swansong that is </span>the An-225 Mriya
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before the west surpassed the Russian and Ukrainian designs with the General Electric
GE90 and the others previously mentioned. The Dream/Cossack continues to be the
largest aircraft flying and the Condor is somewhat larger than the largest
airliner, the A380. It is likely that Ukraine pushes manufacturing of the
An-124, assuming things calm down between Ukraine and Russia due to ownership
of designs of that aircraft. One can only <i>Dream</i>, at least we will have the American/Russian collaboration with the GE90 engines (Boeing 777-300ER):</span></div>
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So everyone wrote about Father's Day and something respective right now. To
follow everyone else off the edge, like lemmings, here is another pebble for cliché
mountain! Right now I could write about the Wright brothers or Alberto Santos-Dumont.
But I'm not going to as speaking for one and not the other will start another
debating clusterfuck on the scale of the Enola Gay debate at the Smithsonian in
the mid 1990s (was it right to bomb the Japanese, was it right to protect US
soldiers, etc.). If you are too young to understand any of this, think of the
Wright Brothers and Santos-Dumont debate as which is the best console, XBOX One
or PS4 (whilst Otto Lilienthal sits in idle obscurity, like the Wii U).
Instead, here are the fathers of Mexican aviation, Juan Pablo & Eduardo Aldasoro.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Juan Pablo (left) and Eduardo (right), a pair of dapper gentlemen</span></div>
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These two men were the first pioneers of aviation in Mexico when they
started constructing and testing gliders near Piedad Cemetery, Mexico City. These
guys were also given vehement support from progressive President Francisco I.
Madero, whom saw the potential of aviation to be a great military tool. What
hampered all of this was, unfortunately, the Mexican Revolution and the quick
assassination of President Madero. The brothers had a glider that worked
successfully, so they went to a mine their father (Andres Aldasoro, Minister of
Promotion of mines under Porfirio Diaz) managed, in Tlalpujahua, Michoacán,
called Las Dos Estrellas (The Two Stars).There they used the mine's machinery
to perfect a design to make an air cooled engine. They also designed an
efficient thick wing (which allows greater lift & steady airflow around it)
long before it became the norm. <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">They later moved to
New York to learn at the </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Moisant Aviation School, where many of the first
aviators in the North American continent learned to fly. They were the first
Mexicans to graduate as pilots and were allowed to fly above the Statue of
Liberty, with Juan Pablo becoming the first pilot to do so. The propeller of
that flight is currently at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington
D.C. <span style="text-transform: uppercase;">a</span>long with fellow Mexican
graduates from that school, Alberto Salinas Carranza, Gustavo Salinas Camiña
and Horacio Ruiz, they became the first to fly and teach pilots in their native
country. The Aldasoro brothers also founded the Mexican Air Force (FAM) and most
of the industries and government branches related to them. Both would pass away
in the 1960s, with Juan Pablo achieving the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and Eduardo
reaching the rank of Brigadier General. As a result of this, Military Air Base
4 (in Cozumel, Quintana Roo) is called General Eduardo Aldasoro Suarez, while
Military Air Base 11 (in Mexico City) is called Teniente Coronel Juan Pablo
Aldasoro Suarez.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Images provided by Wikimedia Commons. </span>Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-73062501155783180782015-06-17T20:51:00.000-07:002015-06-17T20:51:56.813-07:00The Flying Pencil<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>The
Boeing 757 was an impressive aircraft that followed Boeing's endeavor to bring jet
power to small airports with the 727-100. This small aircraft needed three
engines to fly in and out of regional airports that had small runways or rough
geographic hazards around it. This enabled towns & rural regions <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a fast link to an airline hub or networks to
other domestic areas. While smaller than the four engined 707s, the 727 was
stretched to the 200 variant to allow medium range and capacity flights from
these same airports (while the smaller 737 series could fly routes with less demand).
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But more
powerful engines came around by the 1970s and 1980s. The first jumbo jets were
powered by high bypass engines. These engines had larger fans in front to suck
more air. only a portion of this air could go into the heating chambers of the
engine whilst the rest was turbocharged around the same speed. This meant that
the engine produced more power with less thrust than previous engines, making
them more fuel efficient and less noisy. The designers of the Boeing 757 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>aircraft took advantage of this. They grabbed
two powerful engines (Rolls-Royce RB211, yes <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">THAT</i> Rolls-Royce, and the Pratt & Whitney PW2000). These
engines are pretty noisy by today's standards but have more than 37,000 lbs of
force each (compare to the 727's engine JT8D that started out with 14,000 and
evolved to 20,000 force)!</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>As a
result, the 757 could carry more (Maximum Take Off Weight [MTOW] of the 757:
255,000 lbs / 115,680 kg <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>while the
727-200 MTOW: 184,800 lbs / 83,800 kg) and travel almost 3,9 00 miles / <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>7,222 km away. This meant that airports with
small runways and those with noise limits (like John Wayne Airport in Orange
County, California) where aircraft have to climb and descend steeply around the
runway to minimize noise pollution in the area. And it got elongated with the 300</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>But
decades have passed and the engines consume more fuel than modern competitors,
like the Airbus A321 & the Boeing 737-900ER (despite the fact that it has
more power). As the years add onto the 757 fuselages, many airliners replace
them with other aircraft. But the legacy of the 757 is not over as it follows
the 727 in the freight market. These magnificent airliners, once again, replace
the 727 as cargo haulers for the foreseeable future. So today you could still
fly with many airliners (like American, United, Icelandair, or Delta), but
you'll be seeing more become steady workhorses for freight companies (like UPS,
FedEx Express, TNT Airways, DHL).<br />
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<i>Images from Wikimedia Commons.</i> <br />
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Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-57978128500557785812014-02-01T21:15:00.005-08:002014-02-01T21:16:30.251-08:00Vuelo del Desmadre<span title="I had someone ask me many years ago (and after a couple of heavy cocktails) why there were party buses but no party planes.">Tuve alguien que me pregunto </span><span title="I had someone ask me many years ago (and after a couple of heavy cocktails) why there were party buses but no party planes."><span title="I had someone ask me many years ago (and after a couple of heavy cocktails) why there were party buses but no party planes.">hace muchos años </span>(y después de un par de
cócteles pesados) por qué había autobuses de fiesta, pero no
aviones de fiesta. </span><span title="I answered that it was a tort law case waiting to happen and that federal laws would kill that idea before it even got to the air.">Yo
le respondí que era un caso de derecho de daños a punto de ocurrir y
que las leyes federales iban a matar esa idea antes de que despegara. </span><span title="But it made me wonder.">Pero me quede analizando la pregunta. </span>Quiero decir, no pudiera ser el <a href="http://justplanehistory.blogspot.com/2009/11/playboy-jet-big-bunny.html" target="_blank">jet Playboy,</a> pero no era un club nocturno en
el cielo tanto como se trataba de un piso de soltero en el aire.<br />
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="I mean, there was the Playboy jet, but it wasn't a nighclub in the sky as much as it was an airborne bachelor pad.
"></span><span title="I won't address the laws that could kill a party plane (some are security, most are regarding passenger safety, and others were too difficult to simplify and stuff it in this post) as the idea itself it already an accident waiting to happen.">No
voy a referirme a las leyes que podrían matar a un avión de fiesta (algunos son sobre la seguridad, la mayoría son con respecto a la seguridad
del pasajero, y otros eran demasiado difíciles para simplificar para este post) que la idea en sí misma es ya un accidente
esperando a suceder. </span><span title="Party buses don't go fast and usually go on streets near a popular social area of a city, usually at 30 MPH at its fastest.">Autobuses
del desmadre no van rápido y por lo general salen a la calle cerca de una
zona popular de la ciudad, por lo general a 50 KPH en su más rápido. </span><span title="As such, people can dance, drink, and be served cocktails in comfort while being transported slowly around town.">Como
tal, la gente puede bailar, beber, y ser servidos cócteles en comodidad
mientras son transportados lentamente por la ciudad. </span><span title="With an aircraft, it is a completely different (and messy scenario).">Con una aeronave, es completamente diferente debido a la velocidad del avion y incapacidad de parar a cualquier lugar. </span><span title="Supposing there is a party plane and it isn't a turbo-jet (making it too expensive to fly party-goers around and needlessly fast to be rushing around the elements with, what is essentially, a nightclub inside) and it isn't">Suponiendo
que hay un avion de fiesta y que no es un turborreactor (por lo que
es demasiado caro volar a los de la fiesta alrededor e
innecesariamente rápido como para estar corriendo alrededor de los
elementos en lo qué es, esencialmente, una discoteca con alas) y
no es </span><span title="located at an international or busy airport (or else the passengers have to get through the airport with the security line at any other airport, and safety officials won't be happy having drunkards stumbling around their terminals and a party plane flying around large intercontinental airliners">situada
en un aeropuerto internacional u ocupado (o de lo que los pasajeros
tienen que pasar por el aeropuerto con la línea de seguridad como en
cualquier otro aeropuerto, y los funcionarios de seguridad no será
feliz con los borrachos tropiezan alrededor de sus terminales y un avion de fiestas esta volando en el mismo espacio aereo de aviones que vuelan intercontinental</span><span title=").
">).</span><span title="So you have your turboprop or piston aircraft picking up party goers at a small airstrip and you get everyone to the air.">Así
que usted tiene su turbohélice o aeronave de pistón recogiendo gente para la fiesta en una pequeña pista de aterrizaje y logra despegar al aire. </span><span title="All is nice and fun until you hit turbulence and/or clouds.">Todo es agradable y divertido hasta llegar a la turbulencia y/o nubes. </span><span title="Then all of the drinks being served, the employees, and partygoers will be shaken around inside like the beans inside of maracas.
">Entonces, todas las bebidas que se sirven, los empleados, y gente de
la fiesta serán sacudidos por el interior como los granos dentro de un par de
maracas.</span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Then all of the drinks being served, the employees, and partygoers will be shaken around inside like the beans inside of maracas.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Except the beans in the party plane are squishier and tend to eject their liquids while squished or by the nausea from the shaking
">Excepto los granos en el avion son esponjosos y tienden a
expulsar sus líquidos mientras aplastado o por la náusea de la agitación</span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Then all of the drinks being served, the employees, and partygoers will be shaken around inside like the beans inside of maracas.
"></span></span><br />
<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Except the beans in the party plane are squishier and tend to eject their liquids while squished or by the nausea from the shaking
"></span><span title="So now you have a trashed party plane full of bruised and beaten people while covered in sick (vomit) and other interesting things that normally come out of the human body, which will only invoke more sick being spread around.">Así
que ahora usted tiene un avión destrozado fiesta llena de gente
magullados y golpeados mientras está cubierto en vómitos y otras
cosas interesantes que normalmente salen del cuerpo humano, que sólo se
invocará más enfermos se hechan su deshecho por todo . </span><span title="Now all of this mess could either damage the structure of the aircraft or the sick could short circuit the electronic wiring around the aircraft.">Ahora
todo esto podría dañar la estructura de la aeronave o poner en corto los cables electrónica alrededor de la
aeronave . </span><span title="Once the hapless party goers slink off the aircraft, the reputation of that business gets trashed faster than the drinks served inside that "vomit comet."
">Una vez que los asistentes a la fiesta desventurados se arrastran fuera de la
aeronave, la reputación de este negocio se destrozaron más rápido
que las bebidas que se sirvieron en el vuelo del "cometa del vómito."</span><span title="Now, a party blimp might be functional, but not cost effective and the last thing you want is a partygoer getting sick up there with nowhere to go but down and fast.">Ahora,
un dirigible parte puede ser funcional, pero no rentables y la última
cosa que quiere es un desmadroso que se enfermen al altura de vuelo y su unico recurso es ir hacia abajo y rápido. </span><span title="And it isn't like the blimp is going to be climbing up and down routinely like a ferris wheel.">Y no es como el dirigible se va a subir y bajar de manera rutinaria como una rueda de la fortuna. </span><span title="And if winds aloft hit this aircraft, things will get messy as well.
">Y si los vientos en altura golpearon este aeronave, las cosas van a ser </span></span><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="And if winds aloft hit this aircraft, things will get messy as well.
"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="And if winds aloft hit this aircraft, things will get messy as well.
">también </span></span>problemas.</span></span><br />
<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="Like your drink, you get shaken and stirred.">Al igual que su bebida , seras sacudido y agitado.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span class="" id="result_box" lang="es"><span title="And if winds aloft hit this aircraft, things will get messy as well.
"> </span><span title="Like your drink, you get shaken and stirred."> </span></span>Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-55590359187409557752014-02-01T20:37:00.001-08:002014-02-01T21:17:20.686-08:00Party PlaneI had someone ask me many years ago (and after a couple of heavy cocktails) why there were party buses but no party planes. I answered that it was a tort law case waiting to happen and that federal laws would kill that idea before it even got to the air. But it made me wonder. I mean, there was the <a href="http://justplanehistory.blogspot.com/2009/11/playboy-jet-big-bunny.html" target="_blank">Playboy jet</a>, but it wasn't a nightclub in the sky as much as it was an airborne bachelor pad. <br />
<br />
I won't address the laws that could kill a party plane (some are security, most are regarding passenger safety, and others were too difficult to simplify and stuff it in this post) as the idea itself it already an accident waiting to happen. Party buses don't go fast and usually go on streets near a popular social area of a city, usually at 30 MPH at its fastest. As such, people can dance, drink, and be served cocktails in comfort while being transported slowly around town. With an aircraft, it is a completely different (and messy scenario). Supposing there is a party plane and it isn't a turbo-jet (making it too expensive to fly party-goers around and needlessly fast to be rushing around the elements with, what is essentially, a nightclub inside) and it isn't located at an international or busy airport (or else the passengers have to get through the airport with the security line at any other airport, and safety officials won't be happy having drunkards stumbling around their terminals and a party plane flying around large intercontinental airliners).<br />
<br />
So you have your turboprop or piston aircraft picking up party goers at a small airstrip and you get everyone to the air. All is nice and fun until you hit turbulence and/or clouds. Then all of the drinks being served, the employees, and partygoers will be shaken around inside like the beans inside of maracas.<br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TgSlP1QJZk8/Uu3KDmKwBQI/AAAAAAAAAM8/BfgbfyyD1t4/s1600/Sambaballen.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TgSlP1QJZk8/Uu3KDmKwBQI/AAAAAAAAAM8/BfgbfyyD1t4/s1600/Sambaballen.JPG" height="320" width="267" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Except the beans in the party plane are squishier and tend to eject their liquids while squished or by the nausea from the shaking</td></tr>
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So now you have a trashed party plane full of bruised and beaten people while covered in sick (vomit) and other interesting things that normally come out of the human body, which will only invoke more sick being spread around. Now all of this mess could either damage the structure of the aircraft or the sick could short circuit the electronic wiring around the aircraft. Once the hapless party goers slink off the aircraft, the reputation of that business gets trashed faster than the drinks served inside that "vomit comet."<br />
<br />
Now, a party blimp might be functional, but not cost effective and the last thing you want is a partygoer getting sick up there with nowhere to go but down and fast. And it isn't like the blimp is going to be climbing up and down routinely like a ferris wheel. And if winds aloft hit this aircraft, things will get messy as well.<br />
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SN9sD-u6qH4/Uu3Lyw-XeoI/AAAAAAAAANE/MI2xhSAFSMI/s1600/450px-Cocktail_shaker_set.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SN9sD-u6qH4/Uu3Lyw-XeoI/AAAAAAAAANE/MI2xhSAFSMI/s1600/450px-Cocktail_shaker_set.JPG" height="320" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Like your drink, you get shaken and stirred.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<br />Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-86281904416255447352013-12-10T22:29:00.001-08:002013-12-10T22:30:56.235-08:00Long Beach, Region Cuatro<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> No suelo
publicar sobre mi herencia latina o medios de subsistencia, con la excepción de
criticar de las tonterías que ocurren con el maldito Tri. Pero tengo que hablar
de la compañía antigua de McDonnell Douglas porque ellos hicieron un avión específicamente
con México en su corazón, específicamente variantes de aerolíneas para su uso con
el aeropuerto de la Ciudad de México. Ahora bien, no es porque la ciudad tiene
cierta exclusividad de otras ciudades cosmopolitas mundiales (a pesar de ser la
una de las más grandes en superficie como en población). La razón por la Ciudad
de México (DF o el Distrito Federal, algo así como la manera que la gente dicen
D.C. cuando hablan de la capital de E.U.A., el Distrito de Columbia) recibieron
un tratamiento especial de la fábrica de Long Beach, California, era debido a
que es una ciudad que está caliente y húmedo, y alto. Mientras esto suena como
una espléndida manera de pasar una noche íntima con algunas personas con
algunos rasgos físicos específicos, son tres ingredientes que combinan para dar
una patada en los huevos a las turbinas de un avión.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Hanks como la Ehecatl, dios del viento. Chavo universitario como la turbina de avion</td></tr>
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Para empezar, ¿alguna vez ha hecho ejercicio afuera, como trotar? ¿Si es así, te
diste cuenta de que usted se le acaba el aire más rápido en el verano que en el
otoño o invierno? Aire caliente es menos denso que el aire frío . Eso significa
que las moléculas están más separadas y hay que respirar más aire para obtener
la misma cantidad de moléculas aéreas que en un tiempo más fresco. Lo mismo
ocurre para un motor a reacción. Estas máquinas necesitan que tragar más aire
para producir el mismo empuje como en un día frío. Así que un avión tarda más
en conseguir más empuje en el verano y tiene que utilizar más pista como
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aquellos que vivieron en alguna parte que se convierte pantanosa en el verano,
como en Veracruz, Habana, Caracas, Rio de Janeiro, Cataluña, etc. también se
observa que les falta aire cuando se pone muy húmedo. Incluso como un fodongo,
es posible que te desesperas al punto de buscar un bonito lugar con aire
acondicionado. Por lo menos yo lo hago, pero yo vivo en desierto y los lugares
húmedos son tierras míticas que a veces visito cuando tengo la feria o ganas de
viajar a esos lugares en mi mapa que dicen "aquí hay dragones."</span></div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Los motores de aviones son
como un corredor en un área húmeda en verano. La corredora generalmente es
corto de aliento y tiene a jadear con más frecuencia si están acostumbrados a
un clima más agradable. Lo mismo sucede con la turbina de un avión. La máquina
está luchando para conseguir el mismo empuje que con aire más frio y necesita
más tiempo para llegar a una velocidad adecuada para despegar. Esto significa que
necesita una pista más larga.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /> Y llegamos a mayores altitudes. A medida que se asciende el aire se vuelve
menos denso ... y usted tiene la idea; un </span><span class="hps"><span lang="ES" style="mso-ansi-language: ES;">transeúnte</span></span><span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> está reviviendo la corredora, el
huevon está dentro pidiendo un hamburguesa con muchas papas fritas en un
McDonald's con aire refrigerado, y estoy respirando a través de mi camisa con
la vana esperanza que va a mejorar mi respiración. Así que ahora entienden que clima
caliente, aire húmedo, y tierras altas = pistas largos, caso resuelto. Pero no,
esto no es la solución para el aeropuerto del DF.</span></div>
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /> El aeropuerto internacional "Benito Juárez" es como muchos aeropuertos
urbanos en donde fue construido en las afueras de la ciudad hace un siglo pero ya
está ahora profundamente cerca del centro metropolitano debido al crecimiento
de la población. La política local han impedido a moverlo a otra parte (como el
infame Peje contra los granjeros) y la ampliación de las pistas de aterrizaje
significa luchar con los barrios vecinos para demolerlos al extender este
asfalto. Las pistas de aterrizaje fueron construidos originalmente para la era
del jet de la década de los 1960s, donde los aviones eran de una sola pasillo y
el tamaño de un avión de Interjet (o Easyjet, Southwest, TACA, Copa Airlines, GOL
Airways, dependiendo de donde estás leyendo esto). No fueron hechos para los
A380, 777, 747 y otros aviones masivas que entran y salen de este aeropuerto en
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Así que cuando
los aviones jumbo aparecieron por primera vez en los años 1970, había un problema.
Los aviones necesitan más pista de lo que había disponible en la Ciudad de
México, pero también no podían sacrificar su carga y asientos para ahorrar peso
y poder despegar de allí. El problema era tan grave que Boeing Aircraft Company
considero instalar cohetes para asistir (Rocket Assisted Take Off - RATO ) los
despegues de los 727 de Mexicana. Aviones militares normalmente utilizan RATOs
para llegar al aire (como el C-130 de transporte de los Blue Angels de la
Fuerza Naval Norteamericana) </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Les juro que si existio!</td></tr>
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Incluso hay video de un vuelo de prueba con estos cohetes :</span></div>
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Así que cuando McDonnell Douglas diseñó el DC- 10, que tenían en mente varios versiones.
El DC- 10-10 no tuvo el centro medio del tren de aterrizaje y tenía el motor
menos poderoso pero serviría vuelos nacionales dentro de los Estados Unidos de
América. El DC-10 -30 y DC- 10-40 tuvo motores más potentes, los tanques de
combustible más grandes, y un tren de aterrizaje central para llevar más carga
y pasajeros en viajes intercontinentales. Pero en el medio de estos dos estaba
el DC-10 -15.<br />
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<span lang="ES" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: ES; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Este avión fue diseñado específicamente para dos aerolíneas, Aeroméxico y Mexicana.
Este avión tenía la turbina General Electric CF6- 50C2F (puedes decir nomas "la
familia de turbinas, CF6" para ganar una estrellita de oro dentro de la
comunidad de aviadores si no eres un friki de aviación) del DC-10-30 , pero
tuvo la cantidad de tanques de combustible y tren de aterrizaje de un DC- 10-10
. Esto significaba que se trataba de un avión ligero con motores más potentes .
Y siguiendo el concepto de fuerza bruta (o la relación potencia a peso) usted tiene
un avión capaz de agarrar aire con la pista disponible en Benito Juárez.</span></div>
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Y también hubo una historia similar con avión de pasajeros más pequeños de
McDonnell Douglas, el DC-9 . Aunque no está diseñado específicamente para la
ciudad de México, hubo un DC-9-20, que tenía los poderosos motores del DC-9-30,
pero era el tamaño más pequeño de un DC-9-10 . Pero los aerolíneas mexicanos no
tuvieron ningún problema utilizando las versiones normales en la ciudad de
México y por lo que esta variante valió allí.<br />
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Es debido a eso que el DC-9 -15 y el DC- 9-30 perseguirán mis recuerdos como
algunos de los paseos más espantoso con la flota de Aero California con cariño
barato pero cómicamente mal mantenido.</span></td></tr>
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</xml><![endif]--> I don't usually publish about my Latino heritage or
livelihood, with the exception of ranting about the maldito Tri. But the former
company McDonnell Douglas really had its heart set out with its clients in
Mexico. In fact, two airliners had variants designed specifically for their use
in Mexico City. Now, it isn't because the city has some exclusivity from other cosmopolitan
global cities (although being the one of the largest in area and population
doesn't hurt a bit). The reason Mexico City (or DF in Spanish for <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Distrito Federal</i> or Federal District,
kind of like how people call the US capital D.C. from District of Columbia) got
special treatment from this Long Beach, CA manufacturer was because it is a city
that is hot, humid, and high. While this sounds like a splendid way to spend an
intimate night with a few people, they are three ingredients that combine to
give a groin-kick to an aircraft's engines.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom Hanks starring as nature and college kid as the jet engine</td></tr>
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For starters, have you ever exercised during the year? If
you have, did you notice that you are out of air quicker in the summer than in
the fall, or winter? Hot air is less dense than cold air. That means the
molecules are further apart and you need to gasp more air to get the same
amount of air molecules than in cooler weather. Same thing happens for a jet
engine. These machines needs to swallow more air to produce the same thrust as
in a cooler day. So an aircraft takes longer to get more thrust and might use
more runway as a result. </div>
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So we move on to humid air. For those who lived somewhere
that becomes swampy in the summer, you also notice that you are short of breath
when it gets really humid. Even as a couch potato, you might try to desperately
find a nice place with air conditioning. At least I do, but I live in the
desert and those humid places are mythical lands that I sometimes visit when I
get the courage to travel to those spots on my map that say "<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">here be dragons</i>."</div>
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The aircraft engines are like a jogger in a humid area in
the summer. The jogger usually is short of breath and has to gasp more
frequently if they are accustomed to nicer weather. The same thing happens to
the jet engine. The machine is pushing to get that thrust with the same air and
needs more time to get the aircraft to a proper speed to take off. This means
it needs a longer runway. </div>
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And we get to higher altitudes. As you go higher air becomes
less dense...and you get the idea; the jogger is being revived by a passing
police officer, couch potato is inside ordering a number 6 at an air
conditioned Wendy's, and I'm breathing through my shirt in a vain hope that it
will improve my breathing. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So you are
now saying, Hot, humid, high = longer runways, case solved, right? Not in the
case of Mexico City.</div>
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The Benito Juarez International Airport is like many urban
airports where it was built in the outskirt of a city in an era long ago but is
now deep within the metropolitan complex due to population growth. Local
politics have prevented moving it elsewhere and extending the runways means
fighting with nearby neighborhoods to demolish them to extend the asphalt. The
runways were originally built for the original Jet Era of the 1960s where
jetliners were single aisled and the size of a Southwest (or Easyjet, Air India
Express, GOL Airways, etc. depending where you are from) aircraft. They were
not built for the A380s, 777, 747, and other massive jumbo jets going in and
out of this airport today. So when jumbo jets first came to the scene in the
1970s, there was a problem. The airliners needed more runway than what was
available in Mexico City but also needed to keep its cargo and seats to profit
from these flights. The problem was so serious that Boeing Aircraft Company
considered installing Rocket Assisted TakeOff (RATO) devices onto Mexicana
727s. These are essentially rockets slapped onto an airliner to get it to
takeoff. Military aircraft normally use RATOs to get to the air (like the Blue
Angels C-130 transport). </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I swear I'm not making this up!</td></tr>
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<span id="goog_121615235"></span>They even filmed a test flight with these rockets:<span id="goog_121615236"></span></div>
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(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPn_iN3eeBA) </div>
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So when McDonnell Douglas designed its three engined big
fella, the DC-10, they had in mind many versions. The DC-10-10 would not have
the middle center landing gear and less powerful engine but would serve
domestic flights in the United States of America. The DC-10-30 and DC-10-40 would
have more powerful engines, larger fuel tanks, and a central main landing gear
to carry more and travel intercontinental. But in the middle was the DC-10-15. </div>
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This aircraft was specifically designed for two airlines, Aeroméxico,
and Mexicana. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This aircraft had the same
powerful General Electric CF6-50C2F (just say the "CF6 family of engines"
and you get a gold star sticker amongst pilots if you aren't the aviation nerd
type) engines of the DC-10-30 but had the body and fuel tanks of a DC-10-10.
This meant that it was a lighter aircraft with more powerful engines. And
following Jeremy Clarkson's concept of POWEEERRRR over everything (or greater thrust
vs. weight ratio) you have an aircraft capable of getting to the air with the
available asphalt at Benito Juarez. </div>
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And there was also a similar story with McDonnell Douglas' smaller
airliner, the DC-9. Although not specifically designed for Mexico City, there
was a DC-9-20 that had the powerful engines of the DC-9-30 but was the smaller
size of a DC-9-10. But the Mexican airliners had no problem using the normal
variants in Mexico City.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">As a result, the DC-9-15 and DC-9-30 variants will haunt my memories
as some of the scariest rides with the fondly cheap but hilariously bad
maintained Aero California fleet.</td></tr>
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<span class="_rh">wikimedia commons</span>Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-34492239420465794122013-12-05T15:39:00.003-08:002013-12-05T15:39:40.486-08:00E-6B TACAMO - The Grace Kelly of the Air (English y Español)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the US Navy E-6 Mercury TACAMO (“TAke Charge And Move Out”).
There are few military aircraft that carry grace and dignity into
combat. This is
Grace Kelly with wings and her gloved hand hovering above the "Little
Red Button." This modernized Boeing 707-300 carries all of the essential
electronics and staff to command many units in the air, including its
original task, giving the launch codes to all US ballistic missile
nuclear submarines. And its reach of power stretches the globe. It was
hovering over England when it was commanding the mission to kill Osama
Bin Laden in Pakistan. This dame is too dignified to fight on her own,
but has very powerful friends itching to fight on speed dial.<br />
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Esta
es el E-6 Mercurio TACAMO ("TAke Charge And Move Out") de la Fuerza
Naval de E.U.A. Son pocos los aviones militares que llevan a la gracia y
la dignidad en el combate. Aquí esta Grace Kelly con alas y su mano enguantada
flotando encima del abominable "Boton Rojo." Esta modernización del
Boeing 707-300 lleva toda la electrónica y personal esenciales para
mandar muchas unidades en el combate, incluyendo su tarea original,
dándole los códigos de lanzamiento de todos los misiles balísticos de
los submarinos nucleares estadounidenses. Y ella puede atacar de lejos,
como cuando circulaba sobre Inglaterra cuando estaba al mando de la
misión de matar a Osama Bin Laden en Pakistan. Esta dama es demasiado
digna para ensangrar los guantes, pero tiene amigos muy poderosos con
ganas de luchar, por ella, en el marcado rápido.<br />
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Source<br />
<a href="http://theaviationist.com/2013/08/27/e-6-syria/" target="_blank">The Aviationist: Wanna know if a strike on Syria is about to take place? Look for this large white plane </a><br />
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Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-2923335767939468872013-12-05T15:20:00.002-08:002013-12-05T15:48:30.294-08:00Return of the MacklemoreIt has been way too long since I last wrote on this blog. It hasn't died, much. It isn't abandoned either, not by a long shot. I have been quite busy and left this page to wither somewhat. Although the Playboy Bunny Jet article still has a lot of traffic visiting it, other parts have languished. I tried to turn this page into an academic experiment, then as a half and half article. But now I might keep it alive with simple and short bits and an actual article once in a while. So to all of the spammerbots still connected, just stick around because I will bring some cool stuff here.<br />
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Also, I am a Latino and have noticed that many friends, family members, coworkers, and allies whom speak Spanish as their native tongue. To help address this issue, I will try to publish my posts in both English y Español.<br />
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<span lang="ES-MX" style="mso-ansi-language: ES-MX;">Sé que es a
veces difícil entender lo que escribo sobre aviación en Ingles, entonces voy
hacer el intento de escribirlo también en Español. Esto se debe a que muchos de
mis amigos, familiares, aliados, y gente con preguntas hacia mi hablan este
idioma y se me hace ojete que los excluyo. Voy hacer lo mejor posible para
escribir estos artículos en una forma coherente y fácil para entender. Para los
que no me entiendan (porque el idioma se puede diferenciar en lugares como los países
en el continente América del Sur) mi vocabulario viene del idioma Castellano
del norte de México / sur del E.U.A. Si tienen preguntas o dudas, allí esta mi buzón
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Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-53708138462333393842012-12-26T18:11:00.003-08:002012-12-26T18:43:36.783-08:00The fall of a Mexican-American Star and her ill-fated aircraft<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">On December 9, 2012, Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera perished, along
with her staff, in an air crash south of Monterrey, Mexico. This crash was
sudden and impacted many people in the Latin American community because of her
music and tragic circumstances. Because of the sudden and tragic circumstances
of this accident, many news sites and individuals in social media were
desperate for answers regarding her death. The rumours started swimming around
over the aircraft being sabotaged or shot down by cartel leaders in Mexico.
Others linked this accident to the politically charged incidents where two
Mexican Secretaries of State died in air crashes during the regime of president
Felipe Calderon. But two things did catch the attention of the individuals, the
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Many individuals started berating the age of Ms. Rivera’s aircraft. Many
wondered why would anyone ride in an aircraft that is four decades old. There
are bloggers, which I will not name, that went on a rant on the fact that
Jenni's ill-fated aircraft was a 43 year old Learjet. And there are individuals
within the aviation community <a href="http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/owners-past-pilots-age-raise-suspicion-rivera-learjet-crash" target="_blank">concerned about the age of the aircraft</a>. An
article on CNN had an both sides of the story regarding the age of the
aircraft. But </span>John McGraw, ex-deputy administrator of the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) stated, ‘<a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/14/travel/rivera-crash-charter-safety/index.html%5D" target="_blank">However -- on its own -- age is not anindicator of an airplane's safety.</a>’
I remember an adage stating that an aircraft can fly forever as long as you
give it proper maintenance. Many Learjets, especially the Learjet 35, have a
very long lifespan given by its manufacturer and can fly as long as it is
airworthy under FAA standards. Here are some examples of old flyable aircraft:</div>
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Clockwise from the left is a de Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver. This
aircraft was one of the first to fly precious cargo out to the wilderness of
Canada and Alaska. Lifelines relied on this aircraft to ferry cargo out to the
isolated settlements in these regions. Next is the Antonov 2. This is another
rugged aircraft that was used for everything, including, agricultural sprayer,
bomber, and special forces transport. This aircraft entered production in 1947
in the USSR and continues to fly today. The last aircraft in these images is a
DC-3. This aircraft was one of the first airliners (it was also the C-47, the
more famous transport of World War II including inserting the 101st airborne
into Northern Europe and flying cargo over the ‘hump’ in the Himalayas) in the
world. This aircraft continues to fly today for charter cargo companies and air
tours around the world. Here are a few military examples:</div>
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From clockwise on the left: the B-52 is one of the primary
bombers of the United States Air Force and has served the United States for 57
years. The Tupolev Tu-95 bomber is the Russian counterpart to the B-52 and also
survived many of its replacements in its 56 year of service. The problem with
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<![endif]--><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 115%;">Most
of the military aircraft here are old but many of its vital components have
been replaced with newer parts. One </span></span>cannot compare the age decay of an aircraft to that of an automobile.</div>
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The same thing goes for aircraft that survived an incident
or crash. Many aircraft suffer incidents throughout their life spans (such as
crumpled landing gear, damaged vertical stabilizer, uncontrollable exploding
engine, etc.) but can be deemed airworthy and repaired to flying condition.
This aircraft was involved in an incident in 2005. It is a vehicle like a car,
and it can be repaired to work again. One thing to note is that the nations
where popular aircraft reside have strict laws and standards in making an
aircraft. Redundancies in vital systems, high quality construction material, and
designs that are tried and true from experienced aircraft makers and,
tragically, lessons from air accidents. This results in sturdy and sometimes
rugged aircraft. The reason air crashes become prominent in the news is because
of the quick way an aircraft crashes into the Earth and the devastating
landscape of a crash site. And I cannot fathom how many times people would bat
an eye to headlines similar to ‘CAR RUNS OFF ROAD, ENTIRE FAMILY KILLED.’</div>
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As for the crash itself, it is too early to tell what
brought it down. A proper investigation required chemical analysis (to cross out
possibility of explosive or anti-air missile), analysis of aircraft parts to
look for possible metal fatigue, air traffic audio tapes and radar data (since
the aircraft did not carry an onboard data recorder), and all available maintenance
records and interviews of mechanics leading up to, at least, a year. Every
accident starts with everything being a possible cause and it is a tedious
detective work to sum it up to one or a few causes leading to the crash.</div>
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The preliminary data available suggests that the aircraft
suffered a loss of control at 28,000 feet. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now, an old aircraft works like any car. Each
one has its flying twitches and unique characteristics (like it slowly rolling
to the right as a car would slowly steer to the right in a straight road). This
is why it is good to have the same pilot flying the same aircraft as the pilot
is used to these characteristics and knows how to correct them in flight. The
aircraft could have possibly rolled to the left or right. Perhaps a turbulent
bump in the air exaggerated that flight characteristic, caught the pilot off
guard, and caused the aircraft to dive uncontrollably into the ground. I
honestly don’t know. I don’t have access to the flight records or investigation
data.</div>
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Here is an article from the Smithsonian Institute
regarding a plane’s age and how to check its airworthiness with <a href="http://www.airspacemag.com/need-to-know/NEED-lifecycles.html" target="_blank">nondestructive evaluation.</a></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;">Here is a link (in Spanish) of a press release from the Secretary of
Communications and Transportation <a href="http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/DireccionesGrales/comSoc/ELECTRONICOS_12_12_2012.pdf" target="_blank">regarding the crash.</a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN">Images obtained from Wikimedia Commons </span></div>
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Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-65602664340895178232012-02-22T16:05:00.000-08:002012-02-23T00:09:44.264-08:00A Jubilee for the Airbus' Workhorse: the A320<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On February 22, 1987, a legend took to the air for the first time. It was not the fanciest western fighter jet with the fastest speed or newest gadgets. It was not the largest transport to defy gravity and lumber into the air. It was a homely looking airliner, which would place Europe on the pinnacle of commercial aviation, start up a new generation of pilots and passengers who prefer to fly with the comforts of the newest gadgets; such as mood lighting, and computer managing systems.<br />
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"What, no steering column? Fighter jet-like control sticks?! Awesome!"</div>
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It was one of the first airliners to take into consideration the ergonomics of the pilots themselves. It was also the first airliner to fly with digital fly-by-wire technology (meaning the controls in the cockpit are managed digitally to machines that control the surface of the aircraft rather than pulleys directly connected to the cockpit). This aircraft was developed with the technology and ideas that pushed the threshold of commercial aviation. And most importantly, it gave the American dynasty of airliners (built by McDonnell Douglas and the Boeing Company) a run for their money. European airlines finally had a reliable airliner that has proximate access to its engineers and parts. </div>
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At the time, there were only a few aircraft that were being built to transport passengers between short and medium routes: The Boeing 737 series, the McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series, the Fokker (quit snickering, I bet you also chuckle at a can of Heinz Spotted Dick). 70, the Fokker 100, and the Tupolev Tu-154M. Before anyone asks, I am solely including aircraft that can do short AND medium range routes built around the 1980s. The British Aerospace 146 series, the de Havilland Canada Dash 8 series, the Embraer 120, the Fokker 50, and the Antonov An-74.</div>
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For the record, I am a Boeing fan, just like I like Coca-Cola over Pepsi-Cola, or personal computers over Apple Inc. hardware. My preference has been for the Seattle, Washington based company. There are exceptions, however, as I believe that some Airbus aircraft a superbly brilliant. Their first aircraft, the A300, revolutionized the aviation industry by showing that medium and long range aircraft can run more efficiently on two engines. Or the Airbus A340-300, which showed that an airline can fly passengers on long range routes with the engines of smaller jetliners (the CFM-56 engines that power the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A320), Or the A330, which show that beauty can go hand in hand with designing Spartan efficiency. </div>
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But there is something to respect about the interesting design of the Airbus A320. It was the first airliner to rely more on the computer than the pilot. Before this specific aircraft, the priority of the airliner workload depended on the pilots with the electronics assisting them. But Airbus went the opposite direction, believing that technology was finally capable of commanding the majority of controls of the aircraft, with the pilot ensuring that all goes well. It revolutionized the commercial aviation industry but also polarized it as well. Many pilots and airline managers favored relying on the experience and capabilities of the pilot and hated this concept. This made them turn towards airliner manufacturers like the Boeing Company. Other pilots and airline managers, meanwhile, loved this concept and flew this aircraft. This polarization grew in strength when other airline companies, like Fokker and McDonnell Douglas, folded and left the medium range market with two workhorses, the Boeing 737 (with the New Generation series like the -600, -700, -800, and -900) and the Airbus A320 series (with a variety of sizes ranging from the smallest, the A318, the smaller, the A319, and the biggest of the series, the A321).</div>
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There were some problems with pilots embracing and working with the new technology. One of the finer examples was when a pilot miscalculated the capabilities of the A320 computer and crash landed it when it flew on autopilot into the trees during one of its first flights.</div>
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Air France flight 296...I have a blog post déjà vu sensation. As if I had already written about this before.<br />
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But the airliner worked. It flew with famous airlines, was the first airliner of a start-up company, or was the final aircraft on a doomed airline.</div>
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<b>Tumblr</b>: http://www.tumblr.com/</div>
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<br /></div>Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-24485990163499608002011-09-11T10:17:00.000-07:002011-09-11T10:30:09.213-07:00The Legacy Of The Plane That Hit The North TowerA decade has passed since the day that brought horror and shock to the majority of the world. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 shattered the innocence of various generations, militarized the common thought in this nation, and gave the world a new nightmare.
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Worst of all, two of the airliners used in the terrorist attacks are symbols of US aeronautical design: the Boeing 767. The aircraft involved with United flight 175 had an exemplary service record. It was one of the first 767s to take to the air in the early months of 1983. It also served United Airlines for seventeen years and almost reached retirement age where it not for the tragic circumstance in 2001.
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Aircraft N612UA at (Above image) San Diego April of 1983 and (Right image) at Boston in April of 2000.<br />
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The age of this aircraft is significant as the average airliner flies for twenty years before being scrapped for Coca-Cola cans or bought second hand in less economical nations. The thing about this aircraft, however, is how it is also a symbol of diversity. Very few nations in this world did not have a 767 flying in their skies. Most airlines around the world could not afford to fly the Boeing 767, especially since it helped revolutionize a new era of air travel. This aircraft brought a new wave of twin-engine aircraft ferrying passengers to every part of the globe. One of the aircraft that came along with the 767 was the thin fuselage Boeing 757, which was the second aircraft used for the terrorist attacks in 2001.<br />
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In the 1970s, airlines believed that three engine aircraft were perfect to haul passengers from one part of a nation to another. Many aircraft followed the concept of adding more engines to provide more power. The Jumbo Jet had four engines; most medium sized aircraft had three engines. The political fallout of the Yom Kippur War, however, left the western world in an oil crisis that shocked the airline industry. Deregulation of airlines in the United States, in 1978, allowed cutthroat competition to exist between airlines. Three engines no longer seemed beneficial for carrying people in short or medium flights. An upcoming European company, Airbus Industries, devised a twin-engine aircraft to satisfy the needs for a fuel-efficient medium range airliner. The Airbus A300 was innovative and brought a new era to the airline industry. Not to be outdone, the Boeing Company also launched a twin-engine jumbo, the 767. Boeing developed this aircraft in the late 1970s, and delivered to its first customer, United Airlines, in August of 1982. <br />
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The interesting thing about the 767 is contrary to its involvement in the terrorist attacks. This aircraft was a symbol of the convergence of cultures, rather than the division of them. United States aeronautical engineers designed and built this aircraft and the Boeing 767 became the workhorse of the airline industry in this country. Then terrorists used this aircraft as part of a symbolic attack on US ideals and thought. Yet, many cultures and nations, including many states in the Middle East, use the 767 as the workhorse of their fleets. Many languages are found written on the side of these airliners:
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Adversaries and allies alike use the Boeing 767. In fact, do not be surprised if Iran Air, despite its anti-American rhetoric, will purchase/lease a second hand 767s to aid their aging fleet. The 767 exemplifies the diversity in this world. Different cultures are willing to fly a US jet in order to bring their people the creature comforts of air transportation.
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2. If US corporations are willing to delve into multiculturalism in order to profit, then the population around the world must embrace the different cultures, races, and languages that exist on Earth. The global tensions in this new millennium and increasing globalism exasperate the need to understand and coexist with other people on this planet. If we fail to do so...well...history does have a nasty habit of repeating itself.<br />
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<b>Airliners.net</b>: http://www.airliners.net/<br />
<b>Berlin Spotter (Image of the Aeroflot 767)</b>:
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Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-61081249797299190572011-05-28T11:23:00.001-07:002011-05-28T11:39:40.106-07:00Initial Findings on Air France Flight 447It has been almost two long years since I last posted on this blog. Many things have happened since then. However, this blog still lives and will continue to provide a bit of aviation history. Yesterday, the French accident investigation bureau (BEA) announced their initial findings on the crash of Air France flight 447 over the Atlantic Ocean in 2009. This came about after a salvage operation found the wreckage in 2011. The Airbus A330-200 was flying in nasty weather at the time of the crash. The findings today coincide with a theory many pilots and aviation analysts have long predicted the failure of the pitot tubes. Now the findings show that the pilots had faulty speed-readings that led to a loss of speed and an unrecoverable stall. This meant that the aircraft was flying too slow to provide lift on its wings and lost the ability to fly. An aircraft flies not from the wind that pushed below the wing, but the wind that pulls the aircraft above the wing (also known as the Bernoulli principle).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCWWsB_40Ro/TeE-_UyE82I/AAAAAAAAAFY/03Kb55BaG8U/s1600/524px-Deep_stall.svg.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NCWWsB_40Ro/TeE-_UyE82I/AAAAAAAAAFY/03Kb55BaG8U/s400/524px-Deep_stall.svg.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611835868311778146" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;"> Example of a disruption of lift over the aircraft's wings.</span><br /><br /> But the mystery of Flight 447 goes deeper because the aircraft fell from 35,000 feet and crashed on its belly into the ocean. Stall recovery is one of the basic lessons pilots learn. In order to get lift again, the aircraft has to dive in order to gain speed and air above its wings. However, the initial findings show that the pilots did the opposite and pulled up. The action by the Air France pilots coincides with the most recent accident in the United States of America. In February 12, 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 crashed in the suburbs of Buffalo, New York. The aircraft was beginning to stall upon landing and the pilots pulled up, ensuring a stall would happen. The pilots, however, were responding to the aircraft automatically diving (a stall protection commonly found on modern airliners) so close to the ground and over-corrected. The problem with Colgan Air Flight 3407 was the safety failures of regional airlines in ensuring that their pilots are fully rested and apt to fly the aircraft. Pilot fatigue could have also played a part in the crash of Flight 447. There is still little information published by the BEA and it is too soon in their investigation to conclude, or rule out, to any failure. But the problem is that the pilots in Flight 447 were not rookies. These pilots climbed up the career ladder flying various airliners in order to become A330 pilots. It seems unreasonable that seasoned copilots would commit such an error in recovering from a stall. <br /> Another issue is why Air France Flight 447 stalled in the first place. The reports state a failure on the pitot tubes during flight. Pitot tubes are small pressure tubes that absorb air and measure the airspeed of an aircraft. You might have seen the pitot tubes as an aircraft's 'whiskers.' <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7GBGFO5wkbw/TeE_UP6W73I/AAAAAAAAAFo/WBdkc1Ot4F4/s1600/1264077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 298px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7GBGFO5wkbw/TeE_UP6W73I/AAAAAAAAAFo/WBdkc1Ot4F4/s400/1264077.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611836227781586802" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B5iH8jDIcs4/TeE_PgIXdjI/AAAAAAAAAFg/_8liAsVT0lE/s1600/0048011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 290px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B5iH8jDIcs4/TeE_PgIXdjI/AAAAAAAAAFg/_8liAsVT0lE/s400/0048011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611836146235962930" /></a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">A Boeing 737's 'whiskers.'</span><br /><br /> Each aircraft carries at least two pitot tubes, one for each pilot and another working as backup. An aircraft does not crash because of a pitot tube failure, but by actions on the pilot and/or aircraft computers resulting from that failure. On February 6, 1996, Birgenair flight 301 crashed when a hornet made a nest in one of the pitot tubes. The difference between the measurements from the failed pitot tubes and functioning pitot tubes confused the aircraft computer, sending it into a frenzy that then confused the pilots when the aircraft entered into an unrecoverable stall. On October 2, 1996, Aeroperú Flight 603 had problems with the altitude measurements as soon as it took off. The computers sounded off alarms when it was unable to read the correct altitude, vertical speed, and airspeed. While trying to fly back to the airport in Lima, Peru, the aircraft struck one of its wingtips with the Pacific Ocean. The pilots were unable to recover the aircraft and it crashed twenty seconds after the wingtip strike. The problem was that the maintenance crews put masking tape over the static ports (part of the system connected to the pitot tube that measures altitude, airspeed, and vertical speed) during cleaning and forgot to remove the tape.<br /> The initial findings on the accident state that the pitot tubes accumulated ice when it entered into the storm. The clouds in a storm look fluffy because of the dense amount of humidity within the clouds. These storm clouds have wind swiftly fly from the ground toward the sky, cooling the humidity in the clouds. This creates raindrops and ice at higher altitudes. The pitot tubes have heaters that melt the ice from building up within the tubes. Storms, however, generate too much ice to build up in the pitot tubes. The problem with Flight 447 was that there was a massive storm, hundreds of miles wide, blocking their flight toward Europe. Despite other flights safely flying through the storm, Flight 447 crashed in it.<br /> The French government partially owns Airbus. This is why there is sneaking suspicion in BEA's haste to blame the pilots. Airbus designs their planes to fly on computers and sensors, relegating the pilot as a backup in case technology fails. This has caused a horrific scandal before. During the demonstration flight of the A320, the aircraft followed its autopilot in flying level...into the forest. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kxde2dISK8/TeFA9AXtKCI/AAAAAAAAAF4/hv76gJr4D4c/s1600/air%2Bfrance%2B296%2B1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 260px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9kxde2dISK8/TeFA9AXtKCI/AAAAAAAAAF4/hv76gJr4D4c/s400/air%2Bfrance%2B296%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611838027495974946" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD4tIvPHwE">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD4tIvPHwE</a><br /><span style="font-style:italic;">Kudos on the ironic message in the video commentary.</span> <br /><br /> That was Air France flight 296. Both Airbus and the pilots were to blame in flight 296. The pilots came in too high and too fast and did not make a flyover to get familiar with the airport and its surroundings. However, Air France pressured the pilots to arrive at a certain time in an airport that was not familiar to the pilots. Airbus was at fault because they had a faulty auto throttle (the autopilot mechanism controlling the engine power) and the altitude measurements were not efficient. This is why the aircraft was flying too slow (not the angle of attack - the way the nose is pitched up high) and the engines went into full power after the aircraft dove into the forest. Despite only losing 3 lives in an aircraft with 136 people onboard, the penalties were harsh. The French government sided with Air France and Airbus and placed full blame on the pilot. The French courts convicted Captain Asseline and the rest of the crew of involuntary manslaughter, with the Captain serving time in prison. The stakes for Airbus is high as a failure in its computer system scares away passengers and clients. The latter is more frightening to Airbus because these clients can easily buy aircraft from its main competitor, the Boeing Company<br /> The initial findings do not cover all of the factors leading to the crash of Air France 447. Nonetheless, Airbus already ordered all A330 owners to replace their pitot tubes and problems with the A330 are now being addressed. The most important thing about investigating air crashes is to find all of the flaws that caused the accident and fix them. This is one of the principle ways that flight becomes a safer way to travel.<br /><br /><br />Photo Credits:<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Deep Stall image</span>: Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Deep_stall.svg<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Southwest Boeing 737 images</span>: Airliners.net http://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines/Boeing-737-3H4/1264077/L/&sid=569ca01fd21e5d382495cbdc4672b46c and http://www.airliners.net/photo/Southwest-Airlines/Boeing-737-3H4/0048011/L/&sid=569ca01fd21e5d382495cbdc4672b46c<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Air France Flight 296 crash video:</span> Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzD4tIvPHwE<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Air France Flight 296 image:</span> Airdisaster.com http://www.airdisaster.com/photos/af296/2.shtmlKokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-77854177954338226422009-12-30T14:36:00.000-08:002010-01-03T16:32:25.609-08:00Go Ugly Early: The ground attackers that are loved by soldiers and hated by generalsGo Ugly Early. In some forms of context, this means choosing the first or less prominent girl in a nightclub. However, to a military aviator this connotation takes on a whole different meaning. Whenever there is a need for an aircraft to attack a ground target, they usually send in a bird that is dedicated to ground attack. This usually means attack/bombers such as the A-10 or the AC-130. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EzboyhrVI/AAAAAAAAAE4/PLu2gQ9Mv94/s1600-h/800px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_In-flight-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 215px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EzboyhrVI/AAAAAAAAAE4/PLu2gQ9Mv94/s400/800px-A-10_Thunderbolt_II_In-flight-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422671976229612882" /></a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EzEamKjCI/AAAAAAAAAEw/yv6VWZFrfzw/s1600-h/ac-130.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EzEamKjCI/AAAAAAAAAEw/yv6VWZFrfzw/s400/ac-130.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422671577282677794" /></a> [1]<br /><br />As seen in these pictures, these are not the sleek and sexy aircraft you usually see in the movies or in the usual airplane posters. Seriously, look up F-22 or F-15 or find the usual posters jocks and teenage boys put up in their rooms and dorms. If these aircraft were people, they would be in reality shows such as 'Extreme Makeover.' These aircraft are also seen aviator's eyes as fugly little things. In fact, the own crew of these aircraft gave them aptly named nicknames to their looks. The A-10 Thunderbolt II is universally nicknamed the Warthog because of its resemblance to a warthog's head and its grunt when the A-10s gun is fired. In some aspects, it is also nicknamed the Devil's Cross because of its the similarities between its silhouette and the cross of the Russian Orthodox Church. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EkitFVkgI/AAAAAAAAAEo/MVbBMSokXxg/s1600-h/A-10+Cross.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 196px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EkitFVkgI/AAAAAAAAAEo/MVbBMSokXxg/s400/A-10+Cross.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422655604966920706" /></a> [2] <br /><br />However, the AC-130 Spectre/Spooky doesn't have a nickname, because its name was already foul to begin with. <br /><br />Despite all of this, these aircraft are beautiful in their own way. The A-10 was designed ugly because it was meant to take every bullet and missile in the Soviet or Ayatollahs arsenal, kill the baddie, and limp back bleeding like a sieve and missing parts. Kind of like John McClane with wings. The fuel tanks have a honeycomb infrastructure to hold onto its drink and not blow up if directly shot. The tail and engines are separated to allow the aircraft to continue flying if a tail or engine is shredded. The engine is a fuel efficient turbofan (the same type used to power the puddle jumpers (regional jets) you fly today) that allows the A-10 to loiter, or remain in the battlezone, for long periods of time. The cockpit is sort of bug-eyed to allow the pilot to see the battlefield in order to attack the baddies. The cockpit is also surrounded in the bottom with a titanium half-sphere and has strong bullet-proof glass in order to protect the pilot from ground fire. Heck, even the landing gear was made to provide a safe landing during the worst scenarios. The main (rear) wheels were housed without any cover in order to provide some stability during a belly landing. The pièce de résistance is the big GAU-8 gatling gun built within the aircraft.[3] This gun, the size of a Honda Civic if you include the magazine chamber and mechanisms, is capable of firing bullets that are meant to pierce tanks, reinforced walls, Transformers, Godzilla, Simon Cowell's ego, etc. etc. etc. Take in consideration that this airplane fires bullets as wide as 3cm long and 4 inches wide.[4] <br /><br /><br />The AC-130 is a funny little concept since the beginning. During the Vietnam War, an idea was conceived of adding rapid firing miniguns on an air transport. The transport would then go in circles above a fixed spot and fire on the baddies. This started by adding three miniguns to a C-47 (the military version of the propliner DC-3). The problem the gunships had were that they were big juicy targets for the enemy. This meant that the aircraft had to fly at night in order to use the darkness to their advantage. However, these aircraft were from the Second World War era and their age limited how much fire they could take. From this, the United States Air Force (Air Force) armed a C-119 (Korean War era cargo transport) which was a somewhat improvement over the C-47 and an incredible improvement on receiving bullets from Mr. Baddie. So the Air Force needed a sturdy and reliable aircraft to carry lots of guns. The C-130 Hercules was the aircraft of choice. entering service in the late 1950s, this aircraft was more refined as newer variants came into existence. A large aircraft with four turboprop engines, it was able to carry much more than the C-47 and the C-119 and take a beating by both its crew and baddies and make it home to be fixed with a hammer and duct tape. In fact, during combat the Hercules was able to take direct fire and continue firing. During the Falklands war, the Royal Navy pilot Nigel 'Sharkey' Ward had to use two missiles and his Harrier's guns to shoot down an Argentinian Hercules because of its durability and fire suppression system in its wings and engine.[5] This was the perfect aircraft to strap guns and have it fire directly on the baddies. With the A-Attack configuration in its name, this variant became the AC-130 Spectre. As the Vietnam War progressed, newer variants came about with the installation of a Bofors gun (basically a chain gun with the effect of creating explosive ammunition) and a howitzer gun. In essence, the Air Force installed a tank gun and explosive bullets on an aircraft. This proved successful in providing air cover and nightmares to the baddies. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0E0weEkgaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/bV81nuOswNU/s1600-h/ac130.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 289px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0E0weEkgaI/AAAAAAAAAFA/bV81nuOswNU/s400/ac130.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422673433641386402" /></a>[6]<br />Six Spectres were lost during the Vietnam War but destroyed around 10,000 trucks.[7] Think about it, most of the Vietnamese logistical division was annihilated and they only brought down six of their planes. During the Trouble in Paradise campaigns (Grenada and Panama), the Spectre managed to provide strong cover fire for the US troops and special forces below. During the first Gulf War, the Spectres provided a great burden to the Iraqi forces. A Spectre crew went beyond their call of duty to protect the Marines during a fierce firefight at the Battle of Khafji. However, they remained airborne as day came and an Iraqi soldier managed to use a portable missile to bring it down. It was later that another Spectre got its revenge. A Spectre named Azrael caught the massive Iraqi evacuation from Kuwait and mercilessly annihilated entire convoys despite being under fire.[8] Even during the Second Gulf War and the war in Afghanistan, the newer variants, the Spooky, are heavily relied on precision strikes against the terrorist baddies. They have also been used recently to support allied troops in restoring the government of Somalia. With all of their time in service, the AC-130 Spectre/Spooky has the distinction of never having a base under its protection lost to the enemy.[9] However, the Pentagon's generals (the top brass) were not that happy on its resources detracting from the high flying speed birds. They wanted the Air Force to focus on the sexy fighter jets and bombers in their fleet. Their spite towards ground attack aircraft culminated in the A-10.<br /><br />The A-10 came on the scene as a consequence of the Vietnam War. Many military officers saw that the attack aircraft usually were blasted to bits by ground fire and needed lots of firepower to support the troops and kill the baddies. The leading aircraft to support in this role was the propellor driven A-1D Skyraider. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EWw5xYX5I/AAAAAAAAAEg/ioQyBVRjVtw/s1600-h/A-1H_602SOS_Jun1970.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/S0EWw5xYX5I/AAAAAAAAAEg/ioQyBVRjVtw/s400/A-1H_602SOS_Jun1970.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422640455728258962" /></a>[10]<br />While this aircraft was able to fly low and slow to find and kill the baddies and was able to loiter for a while to support the troops; it was not built to withstand direct hits from enemy artillery and missiles. Sure the Skyraider could take lots of hits, but let a missile hit the plane or an anti-aircraft bullet hit the pilot and there goes the air support. So after the Vietnam War, the Air Force needed a plane that could fly low and slow, take a beating, protect the pilot, and have a good loiter time. However, some of the top brass wanted none of that. Many of them grew up with the Air Force composed of sleek and sexy fighter jets gracefully dogfighting very high in the sky. To go low and gritty with the ground combat was contradicting to the idea of flying high. Flying near the ground against ground forces was seen as a job for the Army. As the Air Force was obligated to provide all air support to both the combat theatre and the troops below, they were stuck with the A-10. This conflict continued through the eighties as the fighter jets, such as the Air Force's F-16, the Navy's F-18, and the Marine's AV-8 Harrier were capable of attacking ground forces. Despite this, many saw the potential of the A-10. Tom Clancy used his novel, Red Storm Rising, as one of the more realistic depictions of World War III between NATO and the Soviets. In this novel, the A-10 proved useful in eradicating tank batallions and providing lengthy cover for ground troops while taking enemy fire. This would ring true when the A-10 flourished in the first Gulf War. Here the Devil's Cross destroyed many Iraqi armor, provided lengthy cover for the Allied troops, got shot by a surface to air missile and made it back to base, and shot down a helicopter. Since then the A-10 has been accepted by the top brass as a superb aircraft and will continue to be so until its obligated retirement around 2028. <br /><br />These aircraft are still not the first thing people think about when it comes to attack warplanes. Many kids and adults still dream about the F-22 and the F-18 when it comes to modern warplanes. However, the soldiers have always seen these aircraft as angelic when they came to their aid. There is no sweeter sound than the grunt of the gun and loud whistle of the Warthog or the sounds of incoming fire from the Spooky raining down on the enemy. So in the end, they aren't pretty, but Satan's Cross (as I like to call it) and the Spooky do their job and become saviors and brethren to the soldiers on the ground and provide the nightmares to the baddies. These aircraft literally bring the rain. And that's a lot more to say than what the F-22 Raptor can do. <br /><br />[1]Wikipedia contributors, "A-10 Thunderbolt II," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-10_Thunderbolt_II&oldid=335691841<br />This is a combination of an image of the A-10 from Wikipedia and an image of the AC-130 from my personal collection.<br />[2] Wikipedia contributors, "Russian Orthodox Church," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Russian_Orthodox_Church&oldid=335605918 <br />The image is an image mix of a personal image with the image from this webpage.<br />[3] Wikipedia contributors, "A-10 Thunderbolt II," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-10_Thunderbolt_II&oldid=334574747 <br />Go ugly early usually has not had a strong influence with current wars, such as Afghanistan. This is because there was a greater need to send in a faster aircraft to respond to allies on the ground. This meant that the aircraft used were the sleeker looking F-16,F-15E, or the B-1B.<br />[4] Wikipedia contributors, "30 mm caliber," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=30_mm_caliber&oldid=332291059 <br />[5] Philip Kaplan, Fly Navy: Naval Aviators and Carrier Aviation - A History (London: Aurum Press, 2001). 224<br />[6][7][8][9] Wikipedia contributors, "Lockheed AC-130," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_AC-130&oldid=333839304 <br />[10] Wikipedia contributors, "A-1 Skyraider," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A-1_Skyraider&oldid=333989479Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-77373502714199529852009-12-19T22:55:00.000-08:002009-12-19T23:34:18.949-08:00General Atomics PredatorOk, maybe I was a bit harsh with my comments on the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) pilots and the UAVs itself in the U-2 blog. After much thought I realized that there was more to UAVs than being overgrown remote control planes. The reason for the apprehension comes from the traditional thought within aviators of the aircraft being controlled by a pilot within it. The thought of the pilot sitting behind a desk while their aircraft is airborne is seen as the sign of the end of times. It is a horrific thought to even ponder that aircraft can autonomously fly by themselves or be controlled by an armchair pilot. Nonetheless, the Predator has shown that it is a very capable and efficient aircraft through its combat service. It is also one of the most efficient and practical designs that can come out of aviation since, dare I say, the Douglas DC-3. It is imperative that I add the Predator into my blog before it becomes too cool for it. I also promised someone I would give a detailed look at one of General Atomics’ greatest creation. <br /> Individuals who have recently purchased Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 have either faced the wrath of a Predator’s missile or have giggled at seeing their adversary’s last moments caught on the Predator’s infrared camera.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3PNP29ohI/AAAAAAAAADw/oF1QIgGjkgI/s1600-h/1219091129-00.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3PNP29ohI/AAAAAAAAADw/oF1QIgGjkgI/s400/1219091129-00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417213753298887186" /></a><br />Moments before some hapless gamers curse at General Atomics for creating their flying assassin.<br /><br /> The Predator had an interesting history starting from spying on the Serbians debauchery in the Balkans and then on the Iraqis and Taliban before Uncle Sam decided to give it some six shooters to play with (in the form of Hellfire air to ground missiles and Stinger air to air missile). It’s a simple design because it has the sensors in front, the fuel in the long rectangular wings, and the light engine in the back. The aircraft is well balanced in weight in order to provide a fuel efficient flight and allows many of its components to be easily accessible for maintenance. Despite the stiff price and off the shelf technology it carries, the Predator is cheaper than a manned reconnaissance aircraft and uses the off the shelf technology to provide the advantage viewpoint of our soldiers below; that is unless the baddies also use off the shelf technology to get their <a href="http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2501321/terrorists_use_skygrabber_to_download.html?cat=15">unencrypted view</a> of themselves from the Predator .<br />Nonetheless, the long wings allow it to glide in the air and maintain a low speed flight to loiter over a specific zone for many hours at a time, giving the soldiers on the ground and the Brass in the command centers the optimum view of the battlefront. The company that created the Predator has a curious history before their first UAV was created.<br /> General Atomics began as an offshoot of General Dynamics in order to construct nuclear technologies for the United States of America in San Diego, until it was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1967. [1] After being passed around like a nasty fruitcake between oil companies, it was bought by Neal and Linden Blue who took the company from the oil company to make, among many things, airplanes. [2] <br />In the early 1990s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) wanted a new reconnaissance drone plane. It wasn’t the first time the CIA had flown spy drones. Drone aircraft have existed even before the Second World War. Some examples were Teledyne Ryan Firebee (first drone with a jet engine) and the Lockheed D-21 (the Mach 3+ supersonic drone that spied on the People’s Republic of China)<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3P8XQAR1I/AAAAAAAAAD4/8DvM47GNTok/s1600-h/800px-Lockheed_D-21B_USAF.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3P8XQAR1I/AAAAAAAAAD4/8DvM47GNTok/s400/800px-Lockheed_D-21B_USAF.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417214562736818002" /></a> [3]<br />The Predator’s cocaine driven Kawasaki riding uncle.<br /><br />However, these drones were expensive and impractical. The Firebee only flew fast and quickly consumed much of its fuel while the D-21 quickly zipped by in order to not get shot down by the mainland Chinese (which they later caught on with quicker Surface to Air Missiles). The CIA needed a drone that could stick around a zone of conflict and not make the Top Brass worry if the drone gets shot down. By 1994, General Atomics gave the CIA and the Pentagon the RQ-1A Predator (R for Reconnaissance and Q for being an unmanned aircraft). This was a rather revolutionary design for an unmanned aircraft. The wings were long and rectangular to get the best lift at the slowest speed possible. It was a light aircraft so it didn’t need a huge engine to power it. The engine, a Rotax 914, is a small four-cylinder motor with a 115 horsepower engine. [4] Its almost the same caliber as a motor of a Honda Fit. This small engine is to keep all of this in the air:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3RaNjFnnI/AAAAAAAAAEA/oVG2-pmfoLU/s1600-h/Predator2.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3RaNjFnnI/AAAAAAAAAEA/oVG2-pmfoLU/s400/Predator2.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417216175040208498" /></a>[5]<br /><br />The Predator entered military service in 1995, right in time to spy on the Serbians during the many conflicts that occurred in the Balkans. Many more flew and went down for the rest of the decade. Despite this, there was no loss of life, nor any danger to the airmen. It later became a common enforcer of Operation Northern Watch and Operation Southern Watch in patrolling the Iraqi airspace and patrol the ground during the latter war. It was after 2001 that the Predator was armed with anti-tank Hellfire missiles, which designated the aircraft as the MQ-1A (M for multi-role). The Predator also broke a new record in 2002. It fired on another aircraft. It used a Stinger missile (the same anti-air missile soldiers, Taliban, and Modern Warfare 2 gamers fondly use against the Predator) to take out the Iraqi fighter jet. While it lost the fight, it was never designed to fly and fight like the fighter jocks, it proved a milestone as being the first UAV to enter a dogfight.<br /><br />The future looks bright for the R2D2 of the skies. It is the frontline aircraft in attacking the Taliban in eastern Afghanistan/northern Pakistan. It also spawned its more powerful cousin, the MQ-9 Reaper.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3RojH3LEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/rwHETqwRP48/s1600-h/800px-MQ-9_Reaper_UAV.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3RojH3LEI/AAAAAAAAAEI/rwHETqwRP48/s400/800px-MQ-9_Reaper_UAV.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417216421349764162" /></a>[6]<br />A more powerful and larger UAV with a powerful turboprop engine and capable of using many missiles and bombs that are usually carried by the fancier fighter jets.<br /><br />There is also an advanced version that recently entered service this year. The MQ-1C Warrior has a longer range and a diesel piston engine that uses jet fuel:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3Rx-Nl-NI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Yi-qDtsyV3A/s1600-h/MQ-1C_Warrior.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 287px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3Rx-Nl-NI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/Yi-qDtsyV3A/s400/MQ-1C_Warrior.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417216583240382674" /></a>[7]<br /><br /> In short, this aircraft is slowly becoming a ubiquitous sight in the news and in the warzone. Heck, it is even slipping into the mainstream media (with it being part of games such as Modern Warfare 2) and even in <a href="http://xkcd.com/652/">webcomics</a>. It’s practicality and efficiency allows it to loiter long enough to give the soldiers a bird’s eye view of their battlezone. As a hunter-killer UAV, it has <a href="http://www.csmonitor.com/World/terrorism-security/2009/1218/US-drones-in-Pakistan-kill-at-least-20-in-barrage-of-attacks">proven time</a> and <a href="http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-us-pakistan14-2009dec14%2C0%2C3724162.story">time again</a> that it is one of the best weapons of modern combat and one of the most practical aircraft to ever take to the skies. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3SUVwVOTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/EBx7IeSzhfs/s1600-h/Predator3.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/Sy3SUVwVOTI/AAAAAAAAAEY/EBx7IeSzhfs/s400/Predator3.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417217173675653426" /></a> [8]<br />Stay frosty.<br /><br />[1] Wikipedia contributors, 'General Atomics', Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 11 December 2009, 01:57 UTC, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=General_Atomics&oldid=330999846.<br />[2]Ibid.<br />[3] Wikipedia contributors, "Lockheed D-21/M-21," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_D-21/M-21&oldid=331951375<br />[4] Wikipedia contributors, "MQ-1 Predator," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MQ-1_Predator&oldid=332551095.<br />[5] Own picture. used Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and addons to this software.<br />[6] Wikipedia contributors, "MQ-9 Reaper," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MQ-9_Reaper&oldid=332701194. <br />[7] Wikipedia contributors, "MQ-1C Warrior," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MQ-1C_Warrior&oldid=331301738<br />[8] Own picture. used Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 and addons to this software.Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-89509706878542960572009-11-28T23:22:00.000-08:002009-11-29T01:42:31.328-08:00The Playboy Jet: "Big Bunny"Once upon a time a quaint magazine was born in the fifties that captivated men's attention and changed the way people would think for the rest of time. While Car and Driver is a captivating magazine, women would be appalled and flock to Playboy magazine. This magazine would continue to profit during the sexually liberating sixties and would have the best selling copy in 1972.[1] The sixties and seventies was also a change in the aviation industry. Airliners were transitioning to the jet age and was the avant garde of technology. Gone were the noisy and slow piston aircraft and in came the svelte and fast jets like the 707 and DC-8. This technology had created a generation of the wealthy "Jet Set" who could enjoy life and chill in anywhere in the world within a days worth of travel.[2] One could drink a martini in a New York penthouse party in one night and dine on chelow kabab in Tehran by the next night. To simply understand the radical change the jet age made to society; everyone went from seeing aviation like this; <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxInZB6vFLI/AAAAAAAAACU/4TpCkTZyY14/s1600/JerryLewis1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxInZB6vFLI/AAAAAAAAACU/4TpCkTZyY14/s400/JerryLewis1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409429413390390450" /></a> [3]<br /><br />to this.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIpUzBcw6I/AAAAAAAAACc/HHQtT-kOeZo/s1600/Sean_Connery_car.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIpUzBcw6I/AAAAAAAAACc/HHQtT-kOeZo/s400/Sean_Connery_car.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409431539695797154" /></a> [4]<br /><br />To own a jetliner during the Jet Age was the ultimate status symbol. It meant that the individual could travel anywhere they wanted and in the opulent comfort of your own private jet. Noone would take this farther than Hugh Hefner. He would ride in his symbol of decadence in 1970.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIsnJTIALI/AAAAAAAAACk/i7r0dlX7R54/s1600/big_bunny.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 251px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIsnJTIALI/AAAAAAAAACk/i7r0dlX7R54/s400/big_bunny.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409435153448042674" /></a> [5]<br />This jet came into service decked out with many creature comforts that existed in the seventies. The plane had:<br /><br />televisions and leather chairs,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIvGS61i7I/AAAAAAAAACs/qMrOvbsCuZc/s1600/hugh-hefner-private-jet-1-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIvGS61i7I/AAAAAAAAACs/qMrOvbsCuZc/s400/hugh-hefner-private-jet-1-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409437887629724594" /></a> [6]<br /><br />plush leather sofas through most of the jet,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIvvYvPWnI/AAAAAAAAAC0/pwwNWATxG6c/s1600/playboy+dc-9+(2).jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIvvYvPWnI/AAAAAAAAAC0/pwwNWATxG6c/s400/playboy+dc-9+(2).jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409438593566333554" /></a> [7]<br /><br />a shagtastic round bed with animal pelt as a comforter,<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIwbnLhi9I/AAAAAAAAAC8/AXinudT2_0U/s1600/hugh-hefner-private-jet-1-3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 308px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIwbnLhi9I/AAAAAAAAAC8/AXinudT2_0U/s400/hugh-hefner-private-jet-1-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409439353357306834" /></a> [8]<br /><br />And even its own Jet Bunnies!<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIw8c0FTQI/AAAAAAAAADE/oM9lEyLnkT4/s1600/jet_bunnies.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 332px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIw8c0FTQI/AAAAAAAAADE/oM9lEyLnkT4/s400/jet_bunnies.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409439917510315266" /></a> [9]<br /><br />Never before, <a href="http://www.airportjournals.com/Photos/0803/X/0803019_9.jpg">or since</a>, has such misogyny ever taken the sky.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIyq3S4qJI/AAAAAAAAADM/68cfP8yldgQ/s1600/800px-Hooters_Air.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIyq3S4qJI/AAAAAAAAADM/68cfP8yldgQ/s400/800px-Hooters_Air.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409441814404442258" /></a> [10]<br />Well, there were some exceptions...<br /><br />The Big Bunny, or "Hare Force One," was the most opulent private aircraft for most of the seventies.[11][12] The only aircraft capable to match such extravagance is the executive aircraft of some national or world leaders, including the United States Air Force's famous 'Air Force One.' Such private luxury could not be matched until the boom of business jets and private use of wide-body airliners. The aircraft (N950PB) would continue flying the Jet Bunnies until 1976, when the magazine could no longer afford to keep it.[13] From there, it had a short career with the Venezuelan airline, Aeropostal. However, it finally went where every individual doused in debauchery would go to, Mexico!!! In the beginning of the 1980s, the airliner would begin a long and successful career shuttling people around Mexico with Aeromexico. The plane still had a taint of lasciviousness when it was dubbed the former party town of "<a href="http://www.airliners.net/photo/AeroMexico/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1475323/L/">Ciudad Juarez</a>."[14] It would later be painted with a nameless <a href="http://www.airliners.net/photo/AeroMexico/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/0771347/L/">silver livery</a> during its later years.[15] In fact the Bunny Jet even has its own conspiracy theory of colliding with a UFO <a href="http://www.alcione.org/OVNI94.html">[16]</a>. The plane would be retired in 2004 and was to be chopped up into scraps and soda cans in 2008. However, a plane with such a history wouldn't go down that quickly. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxI8VrnvesI/AAAAAAAAADc/ZD1zCX9c1Po/s1600/XA-JEB-Cadereyta.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxI8VrnvesI/AAAAAAAAADc/ZD1zCX9c1Po/s400/XA-JEB-Cadereyta.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409452445609720514" /></a>[17]<br />This is the very same Big Bunny (XA-JEB) in Cadereyta, Queretaro, Mexico. The fuselage was donated to the city so that it would help bring education and classes to the children of this city.[18] So unless the violence and recession changes anything; the plane went from being a sex symbol to a childrens educational tool. A fitting finale for the Big Bunny. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIzb7PiHtI/AAAAAAAAADU/GqsrFcueM-I/s1600/bunny_in_flight_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 214px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SxIzb7PiHtI/AAAAAAAAADU/GqsrFcueM-I/s400/bunny_in_flight_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409442657277714130" /></a> [19]<br /><br />For a pictoral history of this aircraft see <a href="http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?cnsearch=47394/458&distinct_entry=true">Airliners.net<br /></a><br /><br /><br />Notes:<br /><br />[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Playboy," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Playboy&oldid=328375838 (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[2] Wikipedia contributors, "Jet set," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jet_set&oldid=324854757 (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[3] "Jerry Lewis," Google Images, http://www.hollywoodcultmovies.com/html/funny_men_of_film.html (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[4] Richard Elfman, "Battle of the Bonds," Buzzine Culture and Entertainment, http://www.buzzine.com/2006/11/battle-of-the-bonds/ (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[5] Unknown, "Build Your Own Flying Big Bunny," Gamespot, http://www.gamespot.com/users/jrgreenmd/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=m-100-25041757&print=1 (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[6][8] Unknown, "Hugh Hefner's private jet," Boreme, http://www.boreme.com/boreme/funny-2007/hugh-hefner-private-jet-p1.php (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[7] Unknown, "Playboy DC-9," Airline Safety Cards, http://www.airlinesafetycards.be/Safety%20cards%20M-R.htm (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[9][11] Nanci Kaczmarek, "Jet Bunnies," Ex-Playboy Bunny, http://www.explayboybunny.com/jet_bunnies.htm (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[10] Wikipedia contributors, "Hooters Air," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hooters_Air&oldid=327359588 (accessed November 29, 2009).<br />[12] Wikipedia contributors, "Janice Raymond (model)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Janice_Raymond_(model)&oldid=321802934 (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[13] Many contributors, "Playboy DC9: Is It Still Flying," Airliners.net, http://www.airliners.net/aviation-forums/general_aviation/read.main/650943/ (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[14] Ciudad Juarez became a border town to El Paso, Texas that was known for being the party and center of American lewdness until recent times in which many locals now call it "Nuevo Baghdad" because of the high death rate. Robert M. Campbell, "Aircraft Pictures," Airliners.net, http://www.airliners.net/photo/AeroMexico/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/1475323/L/&sid=0d5ab3e5c04f87ce107e998f0ba107f4 (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[15] Ricardo Morales, "Aircraft Pictures," Airliners.net, http://www.airliners.net/photo/AeroMexico/McDonnell-Douglas-DC-9-32/0771347/L/ (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[16] Unknown, "OVNI 94," Alcione, http://www.alcione.org/OVNI94.html (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[17] EcoRomeoLima, "DC-9-32 AMX Fuselaje en Cadereyta," Photobucket, http://s491.photobucket.com/albums/rr274/EcoRomeoLima/?action=view¤t=XA-JEB-Cadereyta.jpg&sort=ascending (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[18] Martin Garcia Chavero, "'Aterriza' avion de Aeromexico en Cadereyta, Queretaro," Rotativo de Queretaro, http://rotativo.com.mx/?module=displaystory&story_id=6918&format=print (accessed November 29, 2009). <br />[19] Nanci Kaczmarek, "Jet Bunnies," Ex-Playboy Bunny, http://www.explayboybunny.com/jet_bunnies.htm (accessed November 29, 2009).Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-25412360585179266292009-11-17T23:45:00.000-08:002009-11-18T22:33:06.576-08:00U-2 Chase CarsWhenever you hear of the word U-2, the first thing that will pop into your head is Bono singing one of his band's hits in your head. For others it will stir up sentiments of the Cold War and a big black spyplane.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwOrSN-JLMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/H05FXtYFiC8/s1600/U-2_taxies_2006-06-20_F-8409K-001.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 137px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwOrSN-JLMI/AAAAAAAAAAc/H05FXtYFiC8/s400/U-2_taxies_2006-06-20_F-8409K-001.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405352307251031234" border="0" /></a><br /><br />But note the odd car in this picture. The vehicle there is not because of a photo op. This is one of the legendary U-2 chase cars that the United States Air Force (USAF) has to escort this bird when it lands. The need for chase cars is not to impress our allies and adversaries for the rad spectacle that comes from this. This is a necessity as this is one of the hardest aircraft to land. The aircraft has a landing gear bicycle configuration and its massive wings creates a ground effect that creates a cushion of air under the aircraft; which it prevents the aircraft from landing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lockheed_U-2">[1]</a>. Because of this, the aircraft had to purposely stall, or lose lift in its wings, in order to land. There's also the problem of a lack of visibility in the cockpit. Because of this, the pilot needs an extra set of eyes to guide them by radio in landing the aircraft. Because of this, the extra set of eyes is another U-2 pilot sitting in a souped up car following behind the spyplane.<br /><br />The U-2 program started when the United States needed a spyplane that can fly higher than the Soviet fighters and anti-air guns in the early 1950s. This was needed to overfly the Soviet Union and to provide aerial reconnaissance to the top brass in the Pentagon and the White House. The Lockheed Skunkworks division concocted this jet that had a large glider-like wingspan to allow it to gain lift in the thin air up at 70,000 feet. The U-2 succeeded in spying on the Soviets until they caught up with anti-air missile technology and brought a U-2 down with a barrage of SA-2 missiles.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_U-2_incident">[2]</a> So great was this barrage that it brought down a pursuing Soviet Mig-19 fighter jet. Another one would be shot down over Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. The U-2 spyplanes would also be used by Republic of China (ROC) to spy on the People's Republic of China (PRC). The ROC U-2s were painted in the colors of the ROC air force.<a href="http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00773979">[3]</a> Many spyplanes were lost and continued to fly until the United States reestablished political relations with the PRC in 1974. The aircraft would endure many changes including a more powerful engine(U-2C), a longer nose, equipment pods on the wings and above it(U-2R/TR-1A), and now high tech equipment such as GPS (U-2S). With these modifications, the crew of the U-2 looked at the appearance and gave it the nickname, "the Dragon Lady."<br /><br />While this was going on, there was a need to land this aircraft safely. The USAF needed a fast car to keep up with the U-2 upon landing. Their option was to purchase many souped up Chevrolet El Camino cars in order to speed up to the landing U-2 and to add the gear struts that attached to the extreme part of the wings of the U-2 to allow it to taxi around the airport.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS1w_8Fr8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/OGFih9SnFHM/s1600/program---collect---u-2-dvic277.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 259px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS1w_8Fr8I/AAAAAAAAAA0/OGFih9SnFHM/s400/program---collect---u-2-dvic277.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405645306153250754" /></a><br />After that, the USAF turned to Ford to deal with a fact car to catch up to the U-2. the next series of cars were the Ford Mustang SSP (Special Service Package) during the 1980s and early 1990s.<a href="http://www.sspmustang.org/features/USAF_SSP.htm">[4]</a> The USAF bought a whole batch of these cars after testing a Mustang SSP that was being used by the California Highway patrol at the U-2 home at Beale Air Force Base (AFB), California. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2M3kFdEI/AAAAAAAAABE/pMcjKZRiiFs/s1600/85_CHP_at_Beale_Summer_1986.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2M3kFdEI/AAAAAAAAABE/pMcjKZRiiFs/s400/85_CHP_at_Beale_Summer_1986.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405645784941425730" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2G4MsIiI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_GsOoeNiuoc/s1600/Mobile_9970_from_9971_Alconbury.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 204px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2G4MsIiI/AAAAAAAAAA8/_GsOoeNiuoc/s400/Mobile_9970_from_9971_Alconbury.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405645682032517666" /></a><br />After this car, the USAF turned to Chevrolet to get the Chevrolet Camaro Z-28. However, the air force got the B4C package, which was the version sold solely to the law enforcement.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B4C&oldid=320596237">[5]</a> With a 305-horsepower, 5.7-liter engine similar to the one used in the Chevrolet Corvette, the Camaro had no problem to keep up with the U-2 and carry the wing struts to the aircraft<a href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/02/mil-050222-afpn01.ht">[6]</a>.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2wljZT2I/AAAAAAAAABM/-B3sl41oK5U/s1600/(12)+U-2+landing.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS2wljZT2I/AAAAAAAAABM/-B3sl41oK5U/s400/(12)+U-2+landing.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405646398581985122" /></a><br /><br />When the production of the old Camaro ended in 2002; the USAF turned to the Pontiac G8, also known as the Holden VE Commodore. This is the current car used (sometimes alongside an older B4C Camaro) as the chase car wherever the U-2 aircraft lands. Despite Pontiac's demise, the USAF is still maintaining the G8s for the time being. <a href="http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123148803">[7]</a> <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwTcf3AQ5aI/AAAAAAAAABk/vy6g4M7pE8M/s1600/U-2+Holden+and+Camaro.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 223px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwTcf3AQ5aI/AAAAAAAAABk/vy6g4M7pE8M/s400/U-2+Holden+and+Camaro.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405687892650550690" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS3IR4D6_I/AAAAAAAAABU/vU0lWW9dmDI/s1600/u2landing_20090811.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS3IR4D6_I/AAAAAAAAABU/vU0lWW9dmDI/s400/u2landing_20090811.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405646805616815090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwTcoYaEgII/AAAAAAAAABs/IxSX4OG8PKY/s1600/U-2+Holden+Commodore.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwTcoYaEgII/AAAAAAAAABs/IxSX4OG8PKY/s400/U-2+Holden+Commodore.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405688039056113794" /></a><br /><br /><br />However, there is a storm brewing on the horizon. An aircraft now exists that will one day remove the daring pilot and Hollywood style car chases at Beale AFB. This aircraft was even suggested by dear old "Rummy" to replace the U-2.[8] <br />Meet C-3PO with wings:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS3ddWKL3I/AAAAAAAAABc/nqf779fdkRY/s1600/800px-RQ-4_Global_Hawk_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6J4og0hLPXQ/SwS3ddWKL3I/AAAAAAAAABc/nqf779fdkRY/s400/800px-RQ-4_Global_Hawk_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405647169473097586" /></a><br /><br />This is the RQ-4A Global Hawk. This unmanned aerial vehicle does the spying without risking the pilot's life. It is the epitome of efficiency and expendability. In short, this is a plane without the passion or soul that you get from the U-2. The U-2 has the heritage and essence of the will of humanity to ride it out to the limits of the Earth and is an adventure from takeoff to cruising through the Coffin Corner (edge where your high cruising speed is at the exact point of stalling) and landing with a show. Comparing the Dragon Lady with the Global Hawk is like comparing a Ferrari California with a Hyundai Sonata. The Hawk does the job rather brilliantly, but what's the use of glorifying and oversize remote control bird. Seriously, if these two pilots were lady killers at a night club, who do you think would get the girl; the guy who flight-simmed through a war, or the one who flew at the edge of space and landed in hot pursuit. <br /><br /><br /><br />Fortunately, Congress still has yet to cast a bill to retire the U-2. And there's a big emphasis on the word yet. I leave you all with a video link to the U-2 chase cars in the first five minutes with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PmYItnlY5M">James May</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Bibliography<br />[1][8] Wikipedia contributors, "Lockheed U-2," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lockheed_U-2&oldid=326447175 (accessed November 18, 2009). <br />[3] Maartenw, "Aviation Photo Gallery," MyAviation.net,http://www.myaviation.net/search/photo_search.php?id=00773979 (accessed November 18, 2009). <br />[4] Riley, Mike and Ricks, Charles, "About the USAF SSP cars," SSP Mustang Page,http://www.sspmustang.org/features/USAF_SSP.htm (accessed November 18, 2009). <br />[5] Wikipedia contributors, "B4C," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=B4C&oldid=320596237 (accessed November 18, 2009). <br />[6] Ward, Michael A., "Chasing a Dragon Lady," Global Security,http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/02/mil-050222-afpn01.htm (accessed November 18, 2009). <br />[7] Unknown author, "Let's get it started," The Official Website of the United States Air Force,http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123148803 (accessed November 18, 2009).Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9044555319275573092.post-4835709400242150752009-11-17T23:30:00.000-08:002009-11-17T23:41:16.727-08:00In the beginning...For starters, this is an unofficial writing. By this I mean that I do not hold it to the highest standards of using primary sources (as most of it will be from online webpages) and will not be a fit writing of perfection (as most of it will be my practice trial and error run for my assignment and papers and will not be rechecked for errors). If any of my professors or friends read this; not that this blog will not follow the exact and serious writing that are accepted by institutions. The Chicago Manual of Style will also be followed as best as I can with this blog but I cannot guarantee to be error free. I will also do this aside and secondary to my research papers and assignments so the content will vary in size and timely effort.<br />With all the preliminary cautions aside, here I will write about historical moments in aviation. However, I will focus mostly on small historical details or aircraft that have been obscured or largely ignored by the mainstream media and population. Everyone knows about the U-2 spyplane and the DC-9 aircraft, but few know of the U-2 chase cars and the Playboy Bunny jet. So in short, I will try to do this as interesting as possible in order for, you, the reader and I can enjoy this blog. With this in consideration, welcome to Just Plane History!Kokoshihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15020604124976949248noreply@blogger.com0