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March 25, 2012

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (03.25.12)

Aero Linx: U.S. Centennial of Flight -- Barnstormers They were the most exciting daredevils of their day. Stunt pilots and aerialists--or "barnstormers" as they became known--performed almost any trick or feat with an airplane that people could imagine. During the 1920s, barnstorming became one of the most popular forms of entertainment. It was also the first major form of civil aviation in the history of flight. For many pilots and stunt people, barnstorming provided an exciting and invigorating way to make a living, not to mention a challenging outlet for their creativity and showmanship.

Upslope Fog Fog that forms when warm, moist surface air is forced up a slope by the wind. It is adiabatically cooled to below its initial dew point, which means the air cools by expansion as it rises. It forms best where there is a gradual slope, and it can become quite deep, requiring considerable time to dissipate.

Aero-News Quote of the Day “This is the very first weaponization program on this aircraft... it was identified by the fleet as an urgent need for joint forces, so we are pressing forward as hard as we can to get it out there.” Source: Jeremy Moore, Fire Scout weapons system integration lead, in comments accompanying the news that the US Navy (for the first time) has reqested that one of its unmanned aircraft be configured to carry weapons. The Navy plans to arm the MQ-8B Fire Scout with a laser-guided rocket, the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System (APKWS), in just 18 months.