TT-1 Pinto

Una chiacchierata col regista di "Planes" .... Fonte .... http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/Disney-Takes-to-the-Air-215854331.html Klay Hall (Director), Traci Balthazor (Producer), Carlos Alazraqui (Voice of El Chupacabra) and Jeff Plant (American Airline’s Managing Director – LAX) announce collaboration on “Disney’s Planes ....

Vero .... però le esibizioni vere e proprie riprenderanno (forse) l'anno prossimo .... Fonte .... http://www.acc.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123355931

Lodi .... governative .... Fonte .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Blogs.aspx?plckBlogId=Blog:04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385&plckPostId=Blog%3a04ce340e-4b63-4d23-9695-d49ab661f385Post%3a647d75de-6751-495b-a22b-6e4a24ab424a ASI (Agenzia Spaziale Italiana) .... http://www.asi.it/it/news/parmitano_ci_vuole_un_poeta_per_raccontare_la_liberta_che_si_prova_quassu

Prossima fornitura alla Corea del Sud .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-dsca-announces-possible-452-million-amraam-deal-with-seoul-388519/ Il comunicato della DSCA .... http://www.dsca.osd.mil/PressReleases/36-b/2013/Korea_13-30.pdf

Il vecchio e il nuovo .... ovvero .... il canto del cigno del Tristar .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/riat-raf-tristar-makes-final-air-tattoo-appearance-388518/ Video .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vkSPkQOETA

Rivendicazioni .... britanniche .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/riat-multi-role-typhoon-over-delivering-raf-official-claims-388515/

WOW .... Disney's "Planes" is arriving .... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ZCdIYP3Ns http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjcPOZ_z3Ts http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfnWYHO7Id4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MCW0JGZ2XI Dusty, Skipper con BRAVO & ECHO ....

Soar into the Sun .... un "Top Gun" in salsa di soia (Joseon Ganjang) .... http://diykoreancooking.blogspot.it/2009/09/korean-dipping-sauce-joseon-ganjang.html Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/asian-skies/2013/01/thats-right-ice-man-i-am-dange.html http://asianwiki.com/Soar_Into_The_Sun

HOTOL .... un progetto promettente .... e tormentato .... 1985 .... BAe presenta il progetto .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1985/1985%20-%202122.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1985/1985%20-%202125.PDF 1986 .... quo vadis, HOTOL? http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1986/1986%20-%200486.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1986/1986%20-%200488.PDF 1988 .... i nuovi materiali .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%200536.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%200537.PDF 1988 .... silurato dal Governo .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%202022.PDF 1988 .... il tentativo di salvataggio .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1988/1988%20-%202252.PDF 1989 .... in lotta per la sopravvivenza .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200729.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200764.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200765.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200766.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200767.PDF http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1989/1989%20-%200768.PDF 1991 .... l'estremo tentativo .... BAe modifica il progetto .... http://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1991/1991%20-%203290.PDF 2009 .... emergono i retroscena .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/secret-files-reveal-us-interest-in-uk-hotol-spaceplane-322955/

HOTOL .... lo sfortunato predecessore ....

Il comunicato dell'UKSA (Agenzia Spaziale del Regno Unito) .... Link .... http://www.bis.gov.uk/ukspaceagency/news-and-events/2013/Jul/government-to-invest-60-million-in-worlds-first-air-breathing-rocket-engine Precooler testing for SABRE engine. (Image credit: Reaction Engines Ltd.)

Le ambizioni spaziali britanniche messe in ombra dall'annuncio del finanziamento al progetto SABRE .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/hyperbola/2013/07/uk-space-conference-air-breath.html

Contratti .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/raytheon-wins-us-navy-jammer-development-deal-388070/ http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeing-awarded-ea-18g-integration-contract-for-ngj-388490/ .... e, va da sé, ricorsi .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bae-systems-files-ngj-protest-with-gao-388500/

Da AW&ST .... caso Parmitano .... in arrivo inchiesta della NASA ....

Il secondo satellite MUOS è stato lanciato .... Fonte .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/atlas-v-launches-us-navy-communications-satellite-388496/ Inoltre .... AW&ST .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/awx_07_19_2013_p0-598729.xml

Secondo AW&ST ....

Un estraneo in mezzo alla folla ....

Che, è auspicio di tutti, condividerai con noi ....

Sembra che gli Inglesi stiano facendo sul serio .... Flightglobal.com (occhio ai links sul lato destro) .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/uk-spaceplane-shoots-for-2020-flight-test-388456/ Il sito dell'azienda Reaction Engines Ltd .... http://www.reactionengines.co.uk/ The key to SABRE - Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine - is a heat exchanger, essentially a radiator made of many hundreds of kilometres of 1mm tubing, which is capable of liquidising oxygen from intake air by boiling off tanked liquid hydrogen and, critically, not frosting up in the process.

Aggiornamenti .... Daily Report dell'AFA .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/July%202013/July%2017%202013/On-the-Fence.aspx AW&ST .... http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/asd_07_17_2013_p01-01-597669.xml

E' comunque notizia di alcuni giorni fa che talune attività dell'USAF sono in corso di lenta ripresa .... ne riferisce il "Daily Report" dell'AFA di martedì scorso .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/July%202013/July%2016%202013/Flying-Operations-Resume-for-Combat-Air-Forces-Units.aspx Inoltre .... Link .... http://www.airforcemag.com/DRArchive/Pages/2013/July%202013/July%2016%202013/Who-is-Turning-Engines-Again.aspx Dal sito della pattuglia acrobatica dell'USAF .... http://afthunderbirds.com/site/2013/07/15/usaf-thunderbirds-to-resume-limited-training-flights/

Si tratta di tagli al bilancio USA .... che hanno anche colpito il settore "Difesa" .... http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2013/0213_sequestration/ http://www.thetrumpet.com/article/10757.19.0.0/world/military/sequester-to-minimize-us-military http://www.defensenews.com/article/20130515/DEFREG02/305150024/US-House-Democrats-Defense-Sequester-Hurting-Economy

Per colpa della "sequestration" ....

Suggestivo il manifesto .... peccato però che l'aereo in esso illustrato .... non ci sarà ....

Flight International riprende ora una notizia emersa un mese fa al Salone di Parigi .... Link .... http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/us-navy-hopes-to-increase-aim-9x-range-by-60-388468/