Dead Reckoning
Dead reckoning, as applied to flying, is the navigation of an airplane solely by means of computations based on airspeed, course, heading, wind direction, and speed, groundspeed, and elapsed time.
Aero Linx: Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association | ORBAA
ORBAA is the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association, a non-profit (501c6) organization that supports the National Aviation Association (NBAA), promoting Business Aviation in Ohio and surrounding states, through education, networking and advocacy.
ORBAA’s Goals: ORBAA centers its activities around three broad goals:
Serve the Ohio Flight Departments
Support Business Aviation in Ohio
Promote and Sustain ORBAA
"It's critical to have a launch abort system in which NASA and SpaceX can have confidence. When you put humans aboard, safety and reliability are paramount and this review and the upcoming tests will help prove their space transportation system is on the right track."
Source: Phil McAlister, director of Commercial Spaceflight Development at NASA Headquarters in Washington, following the review of SpaceX's in-flight abort test plan Sept. 17 at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, CA.
FMI: www.spacex.com, www.nasa.gov, www.faa.gov
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