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It flies... and apparently does so fairly well. The joint venture between Textron AirLand and AirLand Enterprises has produced a flying prototype of the Scorpion Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)/Strike aircraft. The bird completed its first flight at 10:30 AM Central Time. The aircraft took off from McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas and conducted a range of handling maneuvers for approximately 1.4 hours of flight. Today’s flight marks one of the fastest developments of a US-built tactical jet, progressing f
Aero Linx: C-146A Wolfhound
The C-146A Wolfhound’s primary mission is to provide United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) flexible, responsive and operational movement of small teams needed in support of theater Special Operations Commands. Airlift missions are conducted by Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to prepared and semi-prepared airfields around the world. The C-146A commercial variant aircraft provides multi-configurable cabin combinations for passengers and cargo, to include casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) missions. The aircraft can carry a maximum of 27 passengers or 6,000 pounds of cargo or up to four litter patients.
Retrogression
In meteorology, it is the movement of a weather system in a direction opposite to the direction of the basic flow in which it is embedded. Often used in reference to a long wave trough or other macroscale feature. For example, a long wave trough that may move slightly westward when the "normal" movement and flow is eastward.
"I'm an astronaut. This is Gene Cernan calling. I'm the last person to have walked on the moon..."
Source: When Gene Cernan heard about a petition established on the White House 'We the People' website by a six-year-old boy who hopes to increase funding for NASA ... he just had to pick up the phone. Connor Johnson got the call Wednesday.
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