Thursday, August 13, 2009
The Piasecki H-21
The Piasecki H-21 Workhorse / Shawnee is an American helicopter, the fourth of a line of tandem rotor helicopters designed and built by Piasecki Helicopter. It was a multi-mission helicopter, utilizing wheels, skis, or floats. It was used for Arctic rescue because it performed so well at low temperatures. (USAF Photo)
Lockheed C-17 Globemaster III Cargo Carrier with Defense Flares
This cargo jet is coming in for a landing and dispersing it's anti-missile defense flares.
c-17 cargo jet
This is a C-17 Cargo Plane. It is very big and carries lots of stuff a long long way for the Air Force. There is a web page about this plane here
the plane
| For the safety and comfort or our pawsengers, pets fly in turbo-prop airplanes. The plane we have chosen to use is the Beech 1900. The Beech 1900 has been and continues to be flown by many of the major airlines throughout the world and is recognized as safe and reliable. It is a 19 passenger plane that has had the “human” furnishings removed; like the seats and overhead bins. Pets are placed in their private pet carriers which are secured using our proprietary restraint system especially designed and created by Pet Airways. |
Environmentally Friendly Flight Boldly Goes
David Pugliese-CanWest News Service Friday, March 09, 2007-An environmentally-friendly flying disc is one of the concepts being considered by researchers at Delft Unversity in the Netherlands as they design an airliner for 2025 and beyond.
European engineers working on the passenger plane of the future are reaching back into Canada's aviation history and focusing on an aircraft reminiscent of a flying saucer-style design tested in the 1950s by a Toronto-area firm.
Next month, the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, one of the largest aerospace engineering schools in Europe, will launch an international project to design the passenger plane for 2025 and beyond.
Engineers are concentrating on making the futuristic aircraft the most environmentally friendly airliner that can be conceived. The research project will continue until 2011 and look at designs capable of reducing noise and greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 per cent.
The initiative has been dubbed CleanEra, which stands for cost-effective, low-emission and noise-efficient regional aircraft. The medium-sized plane would be capable of carrying 125 passengers.
Although the design is not yet final, it's expected the researchers will shelve the traditional cylinder-style fuselage, outfitted with wings, in favour of a flying disc-type aircraft.
The artist's impression of the future airliner, reproduced above, will look familiar to Canadian aerospace historians. It is reminiscent of the flying disc that the Avro aerospace firm of Malton, Ont., built in the 1950s. Canada's Defence Department had funded some of the work on that project and the U.S. air force and army later became involved. The Avrocar, as it was called, was flown in tests, but a lack of funding led to abandonment of the project.
The flying disc design has been popular over the decades with aerospace designers. U.S. and German researchers worked on such aircraft in the 1940s. In 1956, the U.S. magazine, Mechanix Illustrated, took the Avro design one step further when it featured an artist's impression of the U.S. air force's "flying saucer" on its cover.
Ron Kane, vice-president of the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada, said future aircraft will likely abandon the traditional-style fuselage and wing structure.
"Some of these other shapes are more efficient in regards to aerodynamics than the cylinder design," he explained. "Certainly, the initiative out of the Netherlands is the wave of the future."
Kane said the aerospace industry, particularly in Europe, is changing to deal with concerns that aircraft aren't environmentally friendly.
That includes putting additional research into the development of more efficient engines and lighter-weight composite materials to cut down on fuel consumption.
The Delft University of Technology is labelling its project as a revolution in aerospace design. Eight international PhD researchers will be involved in the program, which will tap into the knowledge of the university's faculty of aerospace engineering. That faculty has 400 staff and 1,600 students, making it one of Europe's leading engineering facilities. Universities in England, the U.S. and France will also be involved.
There are no Canadian universities contributing to the project, but the school has Canadian students who could become involved, said Meine Oosten, Delft's business manager.
Besides cutting greenhouse gases and noise, the futuristic design will also focus on a more environmentally friendly process for the construction and maintenance of the airliner. Researchers acknowledge their environmental goals are ambitious and would require major technological advancements.
Some estimates note air travel is currently responsible for between 1.6 and two per cent of total greenhouse gas emissions, but because aircraft are flying at high altitudes, the overall effect is greater than emissions from ground-based industries or vehicles.
Other organizations, such as the David Suzuki Foundation, point out that although aviation is a relatively small industry, it has a disproportionately large impact on the climate. The foundation estimates the industry accounts for four to nine per cent of the "total climate change impact of human activity."
The NASA/Boeing X-36 Tailless Fighter Agility Research Aircraft successfully completed a 31-flight research program at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, Calif., in November 1997. The X-36 project team developed and demonstrated the tailless fighter design using advanced technologies to improve the maneuverability and survivability of possible future fighter aircraft. The X-36 program met or exceeded all project goals.US-German X-31 VECTOR
US-German X-31 VECTOR extremely short take-off and landing/taillessaircraft is a program that EADS plans to exploit.
(Source: Rockwell)
New Air Force Fighters and Updated Old Air Force Fighters Testing Proven Aerodynamics and Stealth Characteristics
the russian has improve there jet
FUTURE MILITARY FIGHTERS PICTURES INFORMATION AND FACTS
The PAK FA (or PAK-FA) is a Russian fifth-generation fighter jet which is being developed by a consortia of companies, including Mikoyan, Yakovlev and spearheaded by Sukhoi. It stands for Future Air Complex for Tactical Air Forces. It is intended to replace the MiG-29 and Su-27 in the Russian Air Force. It is scheduled to have its first flight in 2007, and enter service with the Russian Air Force sometime between 2012 and 2015 and might also be exported to other countries.
The PAK-FA will incorporate technology from the Su-47 and the MiG 1.44.
Although there is no reliable information about the PAK-FA's specifications yet, it is known from interviews with people in the Russian Air Force that it will be stealthy, have the ability to supercruise, be outfitted with the next generation of air-to-air, air-to-surface, and air-to-ship missiles, and incorporate an AESA radar. It will be powered by the AL-41F engine or an advanced derivative of it. Reports indicate that it will be slightly larger than the MiG-29 but not as large as the Su-27.
There is no certainty for now what United States aircraft will be the competitor for the PAK-FA. While some believe it will be the F-35, the information so far seems to indicate it will be the F-22. Without further official information, it is not viable to reach a final conclusion in this matter.
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V-Pro A-4 Skyhawk Fighter Jet
he A-4 Skyhawk is a carrier-capable ground-attack aircraft designed for the United States Navy. The delta wing Skyhawk, powered by a single turbojet was designed and produced by Douglas Aircraft Company. It was originally designated the A4D under the US Navy's pre-1962 designation system. Fifty years after the aircraft's first flight, and having played key roles in Vietnam, the Falklands and Yom Kippur wars, some of the nearly 3,000 Skyhawks produced remain in service with several air arms around the world, including active duty on a carrier. |  |
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US Forces Israeli Company To Back Out Of Indian Air Force Fighter Jet Bid
erusalem: The United States has forced an Israeli company to back out of the multi-billion dollar tender to sell new multi-role fighter jets to the Indian Air Force. Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) has been pressurized by the Pentagon to back out of a joint partnership with a Swedish aerospace company, Saab Gripen. The six aircraft makers and types involved in the multi role combat aircraft (MRCA) competition are the Dassault Rafale, Eurofighter Typhoon and Boeing Super Hornet, along with the Lockheed Martin F-16, Saab JAS-39 Gripen and the Mig 35. The deal is estimated at a whopping 12 billion dollars for 126 new aircraft.
Saab, manufacturer of the Gripen, asked the IAI to jointly develop an advanced model, which would compete for the deal.
The Israeli Defense Ministry ordered IAI to back out of the deal after the Pentagon expressed concern that American technology, used by Israel, would be integrated into the Gripen offered to the Indians.
“The stated concern was that western technology in Israeli hands would make its way to the Indians,” The Jerusalem Post quoted an Israeli official, as saying.
The American request was that Boeing and Lockheed Martin – the two largest US defense contractors – are also competing for the Indian deal. For this reason, Israeli officials said it was more likely that the Americans were concerned that if the IAI competed for the deal with Saab it would force the US companies to lower their prices.
A multi-role fighter, the Gripen is in service in Sweden, the Czech Republic, Hungary and South Africa. The IAI was supposed to provide the electronic systems like radar, communications, etc for the plane.
This is not the first time that an Israeli company has been forced out of a deal due to concerns that competing with American companies would endanger Israeli-US relations.
Last summer, the Israel Military Industries (IMI) had to back down from submitting a bid for a half-a-billion dollar deal to develop and manufacture a new tank for the Turkish Armed Forces. (ANI)
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An Italian-made Macchi M.C. 202 Folgore fighter at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio for a U. S. Army Air Force evaluation in 1943.
IMAGE: © Museum of Flight/CORBIS
DATE PHOTOGRAPHED ca. 1943-44
LOCATION Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, USA
India to begin fighter jet trials soon
NEW DELHI, Apr 2, 2009 – India will soon begin trials of fighter jets competing for one of the world’s biggest arms deals, a defense ministry official said Thursday, brushing aside speculation the upcoming election could affect the deal.
US fighter production at risk without bailout
Aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin said it would halt production of F-22 fighters unless it gets more Government money.
The company pressed the Pentagon for additional funds to stave off a halt in its F-22 fighter production line, but a Defence Department spokesman said the future of the radar-evading warplane would not be decided until late April.
Lockheed had said it planned to start shutting down the production line for the top-of-the-line fighter jets on March 1 unless President Barack Obama decides to buy more than the 183 F-22 Raptors now on order.
A-10 Thunderbolt II Military Aircraft
Fairchild-Republic designed the A-10 Thunderbolt II during the middle of the Cold War as a tank destroyer, although capable of carrying a large array of weapon stores it is effectively a highly manoeuvrable flying Gatling gun, the fuselage being designed around it's massive 30 mm GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling gun. The A-10 Thunderbolt it not the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft in service with the US air-force and as a result has acquired the nickname "Warthog" or "Hog". The A-10 Thunderbolt II first flew in 1972 and entered service in March 1977, a total of 715 aircraft have been built to date.
The A-10 Thunderbolt II is flown at a relatively slow speed when engaging ground targets making it susceptible to ground fire, to combat this the aircraft is protected with 900 pounds (408 kg) of titanium armour and fitted with numerous back up systems. The Thunderbolt's Gatling gun fires 30mm depleted uranium rounds at a rate of 65 or 70 rounds per second from a drum which holds 1,174 rounds, this results in a potential maximum continuous burst of approximately 17 seconds, however, the re-coil of the gun is so powerful that the aircraft would literally stop in the air and fall to the ground if a continuous burst of much over a second was ever fired.
It is of note that in the first Gulf War A-10 Thunderbolts destroyed 2,900 military vehicles of which a third were tanks.
Fairchild-Republic A-10A Thunderbolt II Specifications:
Crew: Pilot only
Length: 53 ft 4 in (16.26 m)
Wingspan: 57 ft 6 in (17.53 m)
Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m)
Wing area: 506 ft² (47.0 m²)
Empty weight: 24,959 lb (11,321 kg)
Max takeoff weight: 50,000 lb (23,000 kg)
Engines: Twin 9,065 lbf (40.32 kN) General Electric TF34-GE-100A turbofans
Maximum speed: 381 knots (439 mph, 706 km/h) at sea level
Cruise speed: 300 knots (340 mph, 560 km/h)
Stall speed: 120 knots (220 km/h)
Combat radius: 250 nmi (288 mi, 460 km)
Ferry range: 2,240 nmi (2,580 mi, 4,150 km)
Service ceiling: 45,000 ft (13,700 m)
Rate of climb: 6,000 ft/min (30 m/s)
Armament:
Cannon: Single 30 mm (1.18 in) GAU-8/A Avenger Gatling Cannon
Hard-points: Eight under-wing and Tree under-fuselage pylons with a 16,000 lb (7,260 kg) capacity which may carry a combination of the following -
Four LAU-61/LAU-68 rocket pods (each with 19× / 7× Hydra 70 mm rockets, respectively)
Four LAU-5003 rocket pods (each with 19× CRV7 70 mm rockets)
Six LAU-10 rocket pods (each with 4× 127 mm (5.0 in) Zuni rockets)
Two AIM-9 Sidewinders air-to-air missiles
Eight AGM-65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles
Mark 80 series of unguided iron bombs
Mk 77 incendiary bombs
BLU-1, BLU-27/B Rockeye II, Mk20, BL-755[40] and CBU-52/58/71/87/89/97 cluster bombs
Paveway series of Laser-guided bombs
Joint Direct Attack Munition (A-10C)
AN/ALQ-131 & AN/ALQ-184 ECM pods
Lockheed Martin Sniper XR & LITENING targeting pods
Twin 600 US gallon Sargent Fletcher drop tanks
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De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 Jet Fighter Plane
The De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.21 (FAW - Fighter All Weather) was based on the RAF's 1953 Venom NF.2 night fighter, the main changes being the introduction of folding wings, a "V" shaped tail hook, strengthened undercarriage, fixed wing-tip fuel tanks and a canopy that facilitated underwater ejection! The Sea Venom FAW.21 was fitted with an enlarged nose which contained an advanced American Westinghouse AI.21 radar giving the aircraft night fighter caperbility and the more poreful de Havilland Ghost 104 engine which made deck take-offs from a carrier flight-deck far more practical than in the aborted Sea Vampire fighter design earlier trialled with the Royal Navy, a total of 167 De Havilland Sea Venoms were built.
de Havilland intended to further improve the Sea Venom design but the Royal Navy wanted a twin engined fighter, de Havilland responded to this requirement with the Sea Vixen, based on a design they had been developing to replace the RAF's Mosquito night fighters. The Sea Vixen still retained the twin tail-boom arrangement, but was enormous compared to the similar looking but diminutive Sea Vampire and Sea Venom designs, literally going from one extreme to the other as far as size and power, one can not but imagine what a Vampire/Vampire pilot would have thought the first time he approached and climbed into a Sea Vixen!
It is of note that 39 Sea Venom FAW.21's were built for the Australian Navy as the De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.53 and 121 De Havilland Sea Venom FAW.20's built under licence by SNCASE for the French Navy as the "Aquilon" (Sea Eagle) powered by a Fiat-built Ghost 48 Mark I engine.
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Convair F-106 Delta Dart Jet Fighter Plane
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart was conceived in the early 1950's as the "Ultimate Interceptor", it was based on the existing but problematic F-102 Delta Dagger, initially designated the F-102B, the F-106 Delta Dart was destined to be the last single-role interceptor of the U.S. Air Force and was referred to as the "Six" by both it's pilots and maintenance crews.
The Convair F-106 Delta Dart first flew on boxing day 1956 and entering operational service with the USAF in October 1959, the following month a Convair F-106 Delta Dart flown by Major Joseph W. Rogers set a world speed record of 1,525.96 mph at an altitude of 40,500 feet.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart's were to remain the primary US Air Force's all-weather interceptor until the late 1970's, by which time 340 aircraft had been built, the remaining F-106's were re-assigned to the Air National Guard having having been replaced with the F-15 in USAF operational fighter squadrons. The last of the Air National Guard's F-106 Delta Dart's were finally stood down in 1988, many ending their life converted into QF-106 target drones.
Convair F-106 Delta Dart Specifications:
- Crew: Pilot only
- Length: 70.7 ft (21.55 m)
- Wingspan: 38.25 ft (11.67 m)
- Height: 20.28 ft (6.18 m)
- Maximum weight: 34,510 lb (15,668 kg)
- Engine: Single 24,500 lbf (108.98 kN) Pratt & Whitney J75-17 afterburning turbojet
- Maximum speed: 1,525 mph (Mach 2.32, 455 km/h)
- Combat range: 1,800 mi (2,897 km)
- Service ceiling: 57,000 ft (17,374 m)
- Rate of climb: 29,000 ft/min (8,839 m/min)
Armament:
- Single 20 mm (.79in) M61A1 Vulcan six-barrelled cannon
- Four AIM-4 Falcon infra-red or radar guided air-to-air missiles
- Single AIR-2A Genie air-to-air nuclear missile
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North American F-86 Sabre Jet Fighter Plane
The prototype of the North American F-86 Sabre, the XP-86 made it's first flight on the 1st of October 1947 and entered service with the USAF two years later in 1949. The North American F-86 Sabre was the main US fighter during the Korean War where they were regularly engaged in combat with North Korean MiG 15's. The MiG 15 and the Sabre were fairly equal in overall performance but the US pilots had received better training. It is interesting to note that the Sabre had design elements taken directly from Messerschmitt ME 262 captured during WW2, the Sabre used the slat design of the Me 262 and the prototype XP-86 Sabre even used some actual Me 262 track parts!
In the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 the F-86 Sabre was destined to meet a new far smaller adversary, the British Folland Fo 141 Gnat, the F-86 Sabre was to prove to be an easy target for the Folland Gnat, in the first dogfight over East Pakistan in the Battle of Boyra 4 Folland Gnats downed 3 F-86 Sabres in a very short and decisive engagement.
It is of note that the North American F-86 Sabre was also made under licence in Canada under the designation CL-13.
North American F-86A Sabre Specifications:
Crew: Pilot only
Length: 37 ft 6 in (11.4 m)
Wingspan: 37 ft 1 in (11.3 m)
Height: 14 ft 8 in (4.5 m)
Maximum weight: 13,791 lb (6,300 kg)
Engine: Single 5,200 lbf (24 kN) General Electric J47 turbojet
Maximum speed: 685 mph (1,100 km/h)
Range: 1,200 miles (1,900 km)
Service ceiling: 49,000 ft (14,900 m)
Armament:
Six 0.5 in (12.7 mm) machine guns
Eight 5 in (127 mm) unguided rockets or 2,000 lb (900 kg) of bombs
incoming jet in3D style
Take a flight in a jet fighter plane over the Pyramids of Egypt. Enjoy a bird's eye view as your formation of F-16 and F-14 fighter jets fly over the Giza Plateau. From your seat in the cock pit, you can see the pyramids of Kafre and Menkare just below your wing tips. A stunning arial photograph of the Pyramids provides the background for this unusual 3D screensaver. Buy it now to soar over these ancient Wonders of the World. Actual jet engine sounds are included, but you can use your own MP3, Midi, or Wave sound file - or mute the sound to fly in stealthy silence.
US to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan
The United States announced plans to sell F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan despite objections from Islamabad's nuclear-rival India.
The sale was part of a new strategic approach to the troubled subcontinent that was presented to both countries by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on her visit there earlier this month, a senior US official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
my jet
wo Army soldiers, whose combat duties include working to prevent “friendly fire” mishaps, narrowly avoided harm when an F-16 fighter jet from Hill Air Force Base opened fire on their SUV while driving at the Utah Test and Training Range. The incident occurred during a nighttime training mission April 8 in which the fighter pilot was practicing shooting at ground targets. The soldiers were not hit, but did suffer minor injuries “while exiting the vehicle in rough terrain,” according to a statement from the base. The sport utility vehicle, a rental from Avis, was damaged in the incident, but base officials declined to say whether it was hit by the jet’s 20mm cannon fire or crashed after the soldiers jumped out.
Airmen and base contractors from unrelated commands at Hill have been the subject of several unflattering and high-profile incidents made public over the past month. In early March, Defense Department officials revealed that they were looking into the mistaken shipment of four ballistic missile fuses from a depot at the northern Utah base to Taiwan, which had ordered a set of helicopter batteries. Last week, base officials acknowledged that they had burned several pounds of depleted uranium in a Layton incinerator before realizing that the parts were tainted with the radioactive material.
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