ANN Daily Touch-And-Go:
06.07.10 (ANN's Short-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Daily Aero-Briefing:
06.07.10 (ANN's Long-Form Daily News
Program)
ANN Special Feature: GA Skyjacking -
06.07.10 (ANN Special Report, with CFI Bob
Miller)
Speed Of Light (c)
The speed at which light (photons) travels
through empty space is roughly 3 * 108 meters
per second or 300 million meters per second.
Aero-Linx: SpaceX Dragon
Overview
Dragon is a free-flying, reusable
spacecraft being developed by SpaceX under NASA's Commercial
Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program. Initiated
internally by SpaceX in 2005, the Dragon spacecraft is made up of a
pressurized capsule and unpressurized trunk used for Earth to LEO
transport of pressurized cargo, unpressurized cargo, and/or crew
members.
"This year is the 50th anniversary of the first CC-130
Hercules aircraft accepted by Canada... I am proud to mark
this milestone by welcoming the J-model Hercules into our fleet
– on budget and on schedule – ensuring the Canadian
Forces have the equipment it needs to be a modern, multi-role force
able to take on the challenges of the 21st century."
Source: Honourable Peter MacKay, the
Canadian Minister of National Defence, following the receipt of the
first of a new generation of 17 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super
Hercules.
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