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Vintage Aircraft Weekend at Paine Field
Top to bottom: Grumman TBF Avenger, Douglas A-1 Skyraider, Grumman F7F Tigercat
#Grumman#TBF#Avenger#Torpedo bomber#Douglas#A-1#Skyraider#F7F#Tigercat#Fighter Bomber#warplanes#vintage aircraft#aviation#airplane#planes
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#amazing body#aviation#erotizm#slasher#Mariya Nagao#giraffe#small tiddies#EXO K#kaeya alberich#2000s nostalgia#short hair#harleydavidson#jamie campbell bower
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#bucky barnes imagine#aviation#slasher#gay aesthetic#Amaury Guichon#wakfu#short hair#paris hilton#ebonygoddess#kit young#bicycle#journal#big tiddy goth gf#laci kay somers#Selena
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Two YF-23 Black Widow prototypes flying over Mojave desert. 1994
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#sakura haruno#enby#klaine#hypixel#jason momoa#amity blight#mech#imagine your otp#bucky barnes imagine#aviation
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Planes of hope (c) @ bright_arts
#ukraine#украина#україна#russia#россия#росія#putin#путин#путін#война#war#art#illustration#війна#арт#ілюстрація#иллюстрация#plane#aviation#fighter#f 16
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The might of American logistics in one picture:
A KC-130 Hercules tactical tanker refuels a CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter carrying an F-35C Lighting II 5th generation VTOL stealth fighter jet.
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Absurd, airplane-themed hats
Antoinette Latham, early 20th century
This is part of a series of postcards featuring women in absurd, airplane-themed hats that I absolutely love. The artist, who signs their name as Plum, is not the only artist in the collection to depict women in cartoonishly ridiculous hats, but I love this series in particular because the visual gag goes beyond just “oh, funny hat.” These women are chic, not only because they dress in fashionable silhouettes and fabrics, but because their fashion ties in the hottest news of the day: humans figuring out how to fly. Sure, their hats are absurd, but they're definitely topical! -- Caroline Carter, Grant Writer
To celebrate the launch of our latest digital collection, we'll be featuring mini-posts of staff faves.
Browse the full collection: John Monroe collection of artist-signed postcards
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The Tamil Tigers are one of the few rebel forces (maybe the only rebel group) to have an air force (not just improvised, they had crews and technicians, divided into subunits)
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"Hard Right"
#USAF#F-16#Viper#Fighting Falcon#Jet#Military#aviation#F-16 Demo#combat aircraft#Davis-Monthan AFB#airplane#Aircraft
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What We Learned from Flying a Helicopter on Mars
The Ingenuity Mars Helicopter made history – not only as the first aircraft to perform powered, controlled flight on another world – but also for exceeding expectations, pushing the limits, and setting the stage for future NASA aerial exploration of other worlds.
Built as a technology demonstration designed to perform up to five experimental test flights over 30 days, Ingenuity performed flight operations from the Martian surface for almost three years. The helicopter ended its mission on Jan. 25, 2024, after sustaining damage to its rotor blades during its 72nd flight.
So, what did we learn from this small but mighty helicopter?
We can fly rotorcraft in the thin atmosphere of other planets.
Ingenuity proved that powered, controlled flight is possible on other worlds when it took to the Martian skies for the first time on April 19, 2021.
Flying on planets like Mars is no easy feat: The Red Planet has a significantly lower gravity – one-third that of Earth’s – and an extremely thin atmosphere, with only 1% the pressure at the surface compared to our planet. This means there are relatively few air molecules with which Ingenuity’s two 4-foot-wide (1.2-meter-wide) rotor blades can interact to achieve flight.
Ingenuity performed several flights dedicated to understanding key aerodynamic effects and how they interact with the structure and control system of the helicopter, providing us with a treasure-trove of data on how aircraft fly in the Martian atmosphere.
Now, we can use this knowledge to directly improve performance and reduce risk on future planetary aerial vehicles.
Creative solutions and “ingenuity” kept the helicopter flying longer than expected.
Over an extended mission that lasted for almost 1,000 Martian days (more than 33 times longer than originally planned), Ingenuity was upgraded with the ability to autonomously choose landing sites in treacherous terrain, dealt with a dead sensor, dusted itself off after dust storms, operated from 48 different airfields, performed three emergency landings, and survived a frigid Martian winter.
Fun fact: To keep costs low, the helicopter contained many off-the-shelf-commercial parts from the smartphone industry - parts that had never been tested in deep space. Those parts also surpassed expectations, proving durable throughout Ingenuity’s extended mission, and can inform future budget-conscious hardware solutions.
There is value in adding an aerial dimension to interplanetary surface missions.
Ingenuity traveled to Mars on the belly of the Perseverance rover, which served as the communications relay for Ingenuity and, therefore, was its constant companion. The helicopter also proved itself a helpful scout to the rover.
After its initial five flights in 2021, Ingenuity transitioned to an “operations demonstration,” serving as Perseverance’s eyes in the sky as it scouted science targets, potential rover routes, and inaccessible features, while also capturing stereo images for digital elevation maps.
Airborne assets like Ingenuity unlock a new dimension of exploration on Mars that we did not yet have – providing more pixels per meter of resolution for imaging than an orbiter and exploring locations a rover cannot reach.
Tech demos can pay off big time.
Ingenuity was flown as a technology demonstration payload on the Mars 2020 mission, and was a high risk, high reward, low-cost endeavor that paid off big. The data collected by the helicopter will be analyzed for years to come and will benefit future Mars and other planetary missions.
Just as the Sojourner rover led to the MER-class (Spirit and Opportunity) rovers, and the MSL-class (Curiosity and Perseverance) rovers, the team believes Ingenuity’s success will lead to future fleets of aircraft at Mars.
In general, NASA’s Technology Demonstration Missions test and advance new technologies, and then transition those capabilities to NASA missions, industry, and other government agencies. Chosen technologies are thoroughly ground- and flight-tested in relevant operating environments — reducing risks to future flight missions, gaining operational heritage and continuing NASA’s long history as a technological leader.
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You can fall in love with robots on another planet.
Following in the tracks of beloved Martian rovers, the Ingenuity Mars Helicopter built up a worldwide fanbase. The Ingenuity team and public awaited every single flight with anticipation, awe, humor, and hope.
Check out #ThanksIngenuity on social media to see what’s been said about the helicopter’s accomplishments.
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South Korean F-4E Phantom’s final live firing of AGM-142 Popeye AGM prior to retirement slated for 07 June 2024
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Aviation really is one of humanity's best endeavors.
when something bad happens, everyone within radio range drops whatever they're doing to help
entire regions will voluntarily clear themselves of traffic to accommodate a single passenger aircraft in trouble
after an air disaster, the rules are reviewed to see if there was anything that could be done to prevent the disaster, and if so the rules are changed
with a few exceptions, pretty much any aircraft from any country on earth can communicate with and land at any foreign airport
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