Archives for the 'aeronautics' Category
The F-35 Flies
Published on 16 Dec 2006 at 11:35 am.
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Filed under aeronautics.
Yesterday, the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter flew its first test flight. Besides really liking aircraft, it was interesting to me because they are building the things just a few miles from where I live, and the test flight was also just a few miles from my home. Prototype aircraft have […]
Air Force One
Published on 7 Nov 2006 at 1:18 pm.
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Filed under aeronautics, skywatching.
Well, if you are outdoors doing astronomy, eventually you see all sorts of things in the sky. And, there’s always something new that you’ve never seen before. Last night was one of those nights. During lab, I had the students out observing the Moon. Then, this rather larger than average aircraft […]
Airshow
Published on 1 Oct 2006 at 5:20 pm.
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This weekend there was an airshow near where I live (so close that you could hear the jets if you were outside). Well, yesterday I decided to take a day to just have fun, so I went to the airshow. It was as interesting as such things always are. However, the crowds […]
Cosmic Radiation and Airline Crew Radiation Exposure
Published on 17 Jul 2006 at 11:12 pm.
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Filed under aeronautics, cosmic rays, physics, travel.
I had an idea to write about cosmic rays and cosmic ray exposure, but this post turned out to be a much larger project than I thought. Below you will find information about cosmic rays themselves, as well as the exposure that airline crews experience due to cosmic rays.
A century ago, scientists were just […]
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The F-35 Death Spiral
Published on 7 Jun 2006 at 1:08 pm.
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Hmm. Time for an aviation entry here. Over the last couple of months, I have been reading about problems with the F-35 program. The problems seem to be growing, and this is in danger of putting the F-35 into what might be termed a “death spiral” in avition manufacturing lingo. Let me explain. My friends […]
Coal Powered Aircraft
Published on 16 May 2006 at 11:57 am.
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Now for an aviation related entry! I was reading in the local paper recently about coal powered aircraft. Naturally, one things of steam engines, with a boilerman stoking a fire with a shovel. Yeah, right. Like that sort of thing would fly. Granted, I recall some fanciful stories about similar coal/steam driven flying machines written […]
The HyShot Scramjet
Published on 27 Mar 2006 at 2:25 pm.
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Filed under aeronautics, rockets.
The Australians are doing some good work with scramjets. They recently had a successful test of the HyShot scramjet, being developed by the University of Queensland. This is in marked contrast to NASA, whose X-43A scramjet was doomed by budget considerations.
Now, for those of you who are not familiar with the terminology, let me explain. […]
