Dutch Company To Put Four People on Mars by April 2023

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

An independent space launch company aims to put four people on Mars by April 2023 – and the team will not be coming back.

Mars One claims that a new crew of four will join every two years as the explorers build their settlement, and that by 2033 there will be 20 people living on Mars.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2154336/New-Mars-One-mission-aims-establish-human-colony-Red-Planet-2023.html#ixzz20sppgJxR

Frank Schmidt Dies in Airplane Crash

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

Schmidt was an expert instructor with over forty years experience and over 18,000 flight hours.

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Volvo with 3 Million Miles

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it’s not a battery. It’s Irvin Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800S.

July 2012 U.S. Airways Plane Sinks into Asphalt

Monday, July 9th, 2012

It was so hot in DC on July 8 2012 that a U.S. Airways plane sinks into the asphalt at DCA.

Austrian Gyrocopter Makes First Flight

Friday, July 6th, 2012

Trixy Zero, a motorcycle-style gyrocopter, made its first flight at the airfield of Sachsen-Anhalt’s provincial capital Magdeburg, Germany, on June 30, piloted by Trixy Aviation CEO and engineer Rainer Farrag.

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Yates Bringing Electric Long-EZ to Innovation Hangar Alpha

Friday, July 6th, 2012

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Tortoise Lunch

Friday, June 29th, 2012

Human Powered Flight – Gossamer Albatross

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

The Gossamer Albatross was a human-powered aircraft built by American aeronautical engineer Dr. Paul B. MacCready’s AeroVironment. On June 12, 1979 it completed a successful crossing of the English Channel to win the second Kremer prize.

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Great Circle Mapper

Friday, April 13th, 2012

Here is a useful website for calculating distances for long flights. Click here for site.

Harry’s Lomax

Thursday, April 12th, 2012