On 26-August, David's Aerospace Minute was about the Inspiration Mars Foundation, a planned civilian fly-by of Mars by a group headed by multimillionnaire Dennis Tito. This organization intends to launch a manned mission to perform a flyby of the planet Mars in January 2018.
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27 August 2013
12 August 2013
Presentation: August 2013
This month's AE presenter: David
Date of presentation: 12-August 2013
Subject: Pan American Clippers
Description: This presentation gave an overview of the history of the Pan Am Airlines company - how it got its start, expansion into first the Caribbean, then the Pacific Ocean, and eventually the Atlantic Ocean as well, then it discussed how the company fared following the end of World War II. From its start, it was a complete system of exclusive routes, custom-built aircraft, navigation and weather stations, and ports of call on both land and sea.
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Date of presentation: 12-August 2013
Subject: Pan American Clippers
Description: This presentation gave an overview of the history of the Pan Am Airlines company - how it got its start, expansion into first the Caribbean, then the Pacific Ocean, and eventually the Atlantic Ocean as well, then it discussed how the company fared following the end of World War II. From its start, it was a complete system of exclusive routes, custom-built aircraft, navigation and weather stations, and ports of call on both land and sea.
Download PanAm Clippers (PDF, 3.1MB)
09 August 2013
Aerospace Minute by David
On 5-August, as part of his new intended "Aerospace Minute" feature, David brought up an article in Aviation Week which discussed possible reasons why the pilots of the doomed Asiana flight might have made the mistakes they did that contributed to the crash. Among the hypotheses advanced in the article was that the auto-pilot modes available might have proven very counter-intuitive and, in a moment of panic and/or indecision, a pilot may have made a very wrong decision based on how he thought the auto-pilot would behave. (At least, that's my interpretation - David can probably shed more light on this. I do not have the URL for the original article, if any.)
External Presentation by Coby: 9 Aug 2013
Major Andrew Dilworth, Lt. Colonel James Sena, and former Squadron 80 Commander Coby Sena made a presentation on CAP to the Santa Clara County Airmen's Association on 9 Aug 2013.
They talked about all three missions of CAP: Aerospace Education, Emergency Services, and Cadet Programs. In that context, they included a presentation on flight safety and aeronautical decision making.
They talked about all three missions of CAP: Aerospace Education, Emergency Services, and Cadet Programs. In that context, they included a presentation on flight safety and aeronautical decision making.
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