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Pilot-Proofing Cockpits Takes Center Stage After Germanwings Crash(aviationweek.com)
2 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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by aerocapture 12y ago
Instead of asking ourselves which particular jobs are "bullshit" and which are not, maybe we should ask why we need or want "jobs" at all. If every citizen received some minimum universal basic income, what might we do w
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Sierra Nevada Unveils Unmanned Cargo Variant of Dream Chaser(aviationweek.com)
1 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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SpaceX Sees U.S. Air Force Certification of Falcon 9 by Midsummer(aviationweek.com)
3 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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New Radars Strengthen Stealth Detection(aviationweek.com)
1 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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New Radars Strengthen Stealth Detection(aviationweek.com)
1 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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A Better Way to Find the Best Flights and Avoid the Worst Airports(fivethirtyeight.com)
2 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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'Jupiter' Space Tug Could Deliver Cargo to the Moon(aviationweek.com)
1 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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Intellectual character of conspiracy theorists(aeon.co)
2 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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Danny Needham, the “St. Paul Terror”(cyberboxingzone.com)
1 points by aerocapture 12y ago|0 comments
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by aerocapture 12y ago
Here's a recent video from NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center discussing the Automatic Collision Avoidance Technology and the DROID UAV platform specifically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWx6-aK8Ick
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Ground Collision Avoidance System ‘Saves’ First F-16 in Syria(aviationweek.com)
130 points by aerocapture 12y ago|60 comments
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by aerocapture 12y ago
I agree completely with the laser-pointer analogy, and I think UAV operators who make "stupid flights" will eventually suffer similar federal penalties to the laser operators. I wouldn't say I "blame" the UAV commun
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by aerocapture 12y ago
Lol, touche.
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by aerocapture 12y ago
Actually, you can't ( https://www.faa.gov/uas/ ). And I think this simple ignorance illustrates the looming problem for the UAV community. As a commercial pilot and experimental aircraft owner, I can tell you that
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by aerocapture 12y ago
The best thing one can say about the F-35 is something akin to what rocket designer Robert Truax once said about the Space Shuttle, that it "represents a truly marvelous implementation of an absolutely absurd concept." If you&#x27
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by aerocapture 12y ago
Actually, portions of the SR-71 skin were corrugated, much like the older (and much slower) Ford Tri-Motor, because the high temperatures of Mach 3+ flight caused the skin to expand and contract dramatically throughout the flight profile.
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by aerocapture 13y ago
One of the best collections of "odd" planes is the Research and Development gallery at the U.S. Air Force museum in Dayton, OH. Well worth the trip. http://www.nationalmuseum.af.mil/exhibits/r&d/
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Kickstarter Rejects The Synergy Aircraft Project - Should They Have?(aeropunk.com)
7 points by aerocapture 14y ago|3 comments
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by aerocapture 18y ago
Looks a lot like Kubuntu. I like it.
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by aerocapture 18y ago
April 8th. "New"?
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by aerocapture 18y ago
What I really want to do is buy one of these at about a 30% discount, sans MacOS, and run Kubuntu on it.
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A Meditation on Boston, in HD video(vimeo.com)
1 points by aerocapture 18y ago|0 comments
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by aerocapture 18y ago
Was that supposed to be a book review? Because it read like a bad middle-school synopsis.