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Travel for Aircraft By joseph_may on March 12, 2021 at 10:00 PM JW Dunne D.8 model in the London Science Museum—©2018 Joseph May/Slipstream Photography J.W. Dunne designed a highly stable aircraft during a time when aircraft and stability were not terms normally used in the same breath. Dunne originally worked at Great Britain’s Army Balloon Factory (precursor to Farnborough—England’s center of aviation science and engineering). Forming the Blair Atholl Aeroplane Syndicate, Dunne began aircraft design in earnest. Ultimately creating the D.8 for stability in flight. A...

AVweb SpaceX Starship Explodes After A Near Perfect Landing What’s being missed here… especially by this community… is really more interesting than the landing difficulties. All three of these flights have successfully demonstrated using areo surfaces to glide this massive booster back to a precise spot on the surface. That was the major unknown for SpaceX in this test program. They will get the landing issue sorted. No aerospace on the planet has more experience in landing orbital boosters… in fact they are the only company doing so. The Falcon series has over 70 land...

Garmin Autoland finalist for Robert J Collier Trophy 4th March 2021 14:01 Europe/London +VIDEO Garmin’s emergency Autoland system has been selected as a finalist for the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy by America’s National Aeronautic Association (NAA). For more than 100 years, the Collier Trophy has been the benchmark of aerospace achievement and is awarded annually to recognise ‘the greatest achievement in aeronautics or astronautics in America’. Part of the Garmin Autonomi family of autonomous safety-enhancing technologies, Autoland is the world’s first certified system of its kind...

Seven aviation and space achievements to compete for the 2020 Robert J. Collier Trophy National Aeronautic Association Press Release | February 25, 2021 Estimated reading time 3 minutes, 29 seconds. The National Aeronautic Association announced that seven aviation and space achievements will compete for the 2020 Collier Trophy. The Bell V-280 Valor is among the finalists for the 2020 Collier Trophy. U.S. Army photo by Jay Miller Commissioned in 1910 by aviator, humanitarian, and sportsman, Robert J. Collier, with the intent to encourage the American aviation community to strive for excel...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. — Joseph A. Ziemianski, 88, was called from this earth Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021. Joe was a loving husband to wife Margaret, nee Kling, for 62 years; a father to Kathleen, Martin and Suzanne; and a doting grandfather / great-grandfather of 13. Born to John and Helen in Youngstown, Joe had two brothers: twin, Jack and younger brother, Tom. He graduated from Ursuline High School and Youngstown (State) University. Joe began his engineering career with Goodyear Aerospace. In 1963, Joe was recruited by the NASA space program, where he worked until retiring in 1995. His notable...