Andrew Braham Conducting Research On Runway Asphalt
A University of Illinois doctoral student who is conducting
important airport asphalt concrete research is the Federal Aviation
Administration's (FAA) Air Transportation Centers of Excellence
"Outstanding Student of the Year."
Special thanks to EAA for this one. You probably already have
Google Earth on your computer... but did you know the program also
includes a novel "Easter Egg" especially for flight enthusiasts?
A constant, which when divided into a moment, results in an
index. Reduction factors of 100, 1000 and 10,000 are used to
simplify weight and balance computations.
"Humanitarian assistance isn't something we train for
every day, but it's important and we must be prepared to respond
whenever called upon to do so."
Source: Staff Sgt. Marcus Andrade, a medical
logistician with the 3rd Medical Group, based at Elmendorf Air
Force Base, Alaska. Members of the squad recently built a fully
functional hospital in a barren field in just 11 hours, as part of
the Pacific Air Forces first-ever total force humanitarian
assistance and disaster relief exercise, known as Pacific
Lifeline.
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