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Vertical Flight Society just published excellent video narrated by Cherles Seibel himself about Seibel helicopters. Described are: - Seibel S-1 (design study on tiltrotor) - Seibel S-2 (design study on coaxial helicopter) - Seibel S-3 (single-seat helicopter with CG control mechanism...

https://www.twz.com/news-features/odd-activity-at-chinese-submarine-shipyard-draws-interest

Meant to post this last week: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2024/09/12/edward-johnson-argo-iran-america-diplomats-affleck/ Rest In Peace :(

The American actor James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93.:( Sources: View: https://x.com/MarkHamill/status/1833246565168803985?t=LueMXnGSz9YOgdYQm5MREw&s=19 View: https://x.com/NavalInstitute/status/1833252640303812795?t=JDH7l0xIMSO8egcIt5_x_g&s=19

RTX has come forward and voluntarily admitted 750 violations of ITAR pertaining to leaks of military information between August 2017 and September 2023. This includes the VC-25 (Air Force One), F-22 Raptor, F-35 Lightning II and the B-2 Spirit stealth, B-1B Lancer and the F/A-18, F-15 and F-16...

The 'Massive Retaliation' era ~1957-1967 appears to have skewed Defence Projects and Procurement compared to what occurred previously and what occurred in the 'Flexible Response' era where conventional forces were given much greater priority compared to nuclear forces. This made me think that if...

The Boeing SST in its various guises seemed to be the future of civil aviation and the 747 was designed to be converted easily to cargo lifting when the 2707s arrived in the late 70s. Even Air France and BOAC planned to operate them alongside the Concordes expected to be in service some years...

The company Lumen Orbit want to put Data servers, to use the abundant solar energy, cooling, and the ability to freely scale up in space. launch of Prototype hardware is set for may 2025 launch of first micro data center in 2026 once Starship goes into commercial service they build the 5GW Data...

Due to the jet age, various super props never go to production despite their high performance. Among those, it can be said that XP-72 and Spiteful F.16 were the most high capable design. So let say if these prototype got to production stage, which would be the ultimate piston fighter? XP-72...

The USN acquired 142 Lockheed EC121s in the early 50s to mount long-range early warning barrier patrols in the Atlantic and Pacific. The main strength was 5 sqns for each ocean with various cats and dogs supporting units. The barrier patrol lasted until 1965 and afterwards the USN transferred 30...

https://abcnews.go.com/US/largest-us-police-force-drones-curb-central-park/story?id=112995925

https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/09/nasas_asteroid_spotter_turned_off/ https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/neowise https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide-field_Infrared_Survey_Explorer Incidentally, there is a comet named in honor of it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_NEOWISE

https://science.slashdot.org/story/24/08/15/0145200/researchers-figure-out-how-to-keep-clocks-on-the-earth-moon-in-sync https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/13/nist_lunar_orbit_clocks/

Juno II https://catalog.archives.gov/id/354890124 Vanguard https://catalog.archives.gov/id/354890116 Thor Able [URL unfurl="true"]https://catalog.archives.gov/id/354890110[/URL] Others https://catalog.archives.gov/search?availableOnline=true&page=1&q=Missile...

Was it Edgar Schmued or Welko Gasich/Lee Begin that designed the F-5 or not?

from ARDC TR-59-64 Advanced Concepts Study, Final Report. from USAF FOIA reading room. (edit: PDF split & now attached) A JT11-7A powered Booster Airplane launches a rocket vehicle & satellite payload with two solid fuelled stages and a storable liquid propellant third and fourth stages...

View: https://x.com/AirPowerNEW1/status/1816784858573664586 https://www.northropgrumman.com/what-we-do/advanced-weapons/cannon-based-air-defense Appears to be using XM913, 50mmx228mm

https://www.twz.com/land/secret-service-wants-new-sniper-rifles

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