Dutch Company To Put Four People on Mars by April 2023
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.
Frank Schmidt Dies in Airplane Crash
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
It just keeps going, and going, and going. No, it’s not a battery. It’s Irvin Gordon’s 1966 Volvo P1800S.
Gordon’s small, red two-door has well more than 2 million miles on the odometer, the equivalent of nearly 1,176 times across the globe.
The retired schoolteacher from Long Island hopes to reach the 3 million mile mark by next year. He only has 34,000 miles to go.
July 2012 U.S. Airways Plane Sinks into Asphalt
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
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.
Yates Bringing Electric Long-EZ to Innovation Hangar Alpha
Tortoise Lunch
Human Powered Flight – Gossamer Albatross
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.
Great Circle Mapper
Here is a useful website for calculating distances for long flights. Click here for site.
Harry’s Lomax
