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” Perfect Landing of Plane with Parachute …” !!!

May 11, 2014May 11, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

A light plane that ran into trouble over Australia’s Blue Mountains has made a near-perfect landing – on the end of a parachute.

The pilot of the Cirrus aircraft deployed the parachute that is fitted to that make of plane and drifted down into the front garden of a house.

If the aircraft had not been carrying a parachute, police and flying experts agreed that the result could have been tragic.

Carried to safety: All four people on board landed safely in the front yard of a house in Larson, New South Wales

The pilot and his two passengers received only minor injuries after the unusual landing – witnessed by open-mouthed residents of the small town of Lawson.

Resident Robert Ross, who stared in astonishment at the sight of an aircraft coming towards him on the end of a parachute, said he had at first heard the engine splutter.

‘He got it going again and then it went dead,’ he told the Herald Sun newspaper.

No injuries: Amazingly everyone survived the terrifying incident with just one of the passengers requiring hospital attention for neck pain

‘It then started to go into a spiral. I thought the pilot was going to eject, but it all happened too quick.

‘I started yelling out to my wife “There’s a plane going to crash into the house”.’

The aircraft’s sudden descent was halted at around 4,000ft, however, when a huge parachute, with orange stripes, suddenly appeared above it and it drifted down about 400 yards from Mr Ross’s home.

Onlookers: Resident Robert Ross watched the entire drama unfold as he chopped wood in his back garden and said if it wasn’t for the parachute the plane would have crashed into his house

Cirrus light planes have a handle in the cockpit which, when pulled, removes a cover plate and deploys a parachute.

Mr Allan Bligh, president of the Sydney Flying Club, told the paper that there were about 200 registered Cirrus planes in Australia, but a number of manufacturers decline to use the same parachute system believing a forced controlled landing should be carried out.

‘You are taught from your early days of flying that it is a far better system than the deployment of a parachute.’

Carried to safety: Since January this year Cirrus claims 85 lives have been saved by pilots activating the system

But Cirrus claims that 85 lives have been saved when pilots or passengers have activated the parachute system.

It is understood the Cirrus SR22, which came down in the Blue Mountains, was a demonstration model, which prompted Sydney radio host Stewart Bocking to comment today: ‘They were caught in a bit of a dilemma.

‘If the plane was being demonstrated, you wouldn’t want it known that it developed engine trouble – but you would also want it to be known that you can land safely on the end of a parachute.’

A staff member at Regal Air, which sells and carries out maintenance work on the aircraft from its headquarters at Sydney’s Bankstown Airport, said that if the passengers ‘had been in any other aircraft they wouldn’t be going home tonight to their families.’

source::::: mailonline.comUK

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Exclusive Views Of Earth From A Mini Satellite ….

May 10, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Launched on May 7, 2013, the European Space Agency’s minisatellite Proba-V monitors Earth’s plants, covering the entire planet every two days.
At the end of the month, after a year in orbit, this little bundle of sensors will be taking over the job of a series of satellites that have been tracking the health of the planet’s vegetation for 16 years.

The ESA’s Spot-4 satellite stopped working in 2013, and Spot-5 is on its last legs.

Not only is Proba-V the size of a washing machine, it looks a little like one too. The minisatellite has a huge, 1,400-mile-wide field of view — enough to cover most continents in a single shot. In order to get the best information about Earth’s flora, the satellite’s Vegetation instrument detects light in the blue, red, near-infrared and mid-infrared wavebands. The instrument has a 1,150-foot resolution.

Accounting for cloud cover, the satellite collects enough data for a nearly cloud-free global map every 10 days.

In addition to keeping track of vegetation growth, the little satellite’s data makes beautiful images. Here are some of its best views of Earth from its first year in orbit.

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India from Sri Lanka to the Himalayas:

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The Nile Delta in Egypt:

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A nearly cloud-free view of Europe made of a mosaic of images:

source:::: Business Insider

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Turkish Airline… …While Touching Down , It Touches Our Heart Too …

May 7, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

It is not in English, but when you touch the heart, it doesn’t matter.

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Incredible Images…. !!!

May 7, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Incredible Photos Taken by the Hubble Telescope!

The Hubble telescope is located outside our atmosphere, and is orbiting the Earth at more than 500 km above sea level, while orbiting the Earth every hour and a half, at a speed of 28,000 km an hour. Its name was given to it in honor of famed astronomer Edwin Hubble, and it was placed in orbit back in 1990, 22 years ago. It weighs about 11 tons (but in space, it weighs nothing at all).

Some Images Taken by The Hubble ….

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But the most interesting thing about the Hubble telescope is its ability to obtain images of the vast universe we are in, and it is responsible for a lot of our knowledge of what the universe and our galaxy really look like…

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Imaginative Photos Of Toy Plane Soaring in the Sky !!!

April 28, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Macau-based web designer and developer Varun Thota (@vnthota) has an Instagram feed full of photos depicting dynamic metropolitan life, but his series My Toy Plane (#mytoyplane) takes his creative vision to new heights. The imaginative photos show a hand guiding a toy airplane overhead in various locations. If it weren’t for the hand, the images would be quite convincing as shots of a real plane soaring in the sky, flying over tall buildings, or preparing to land on a runway.

What makes Thota’s photos even more fun to look at are the glimpses of urban life in Macau, Hong Kong, and other bustling cities in Asia. His toy plane weaves in between tall skyscrapers, over lively streets, and above vibrant downtown bays, taking the viewer on a mini-voyage of their own. Looking at the creative shots, you can almost imagine yourself sitting in the plane itself, gazing down at the beautiful sights below.

Drawing inspiration from the hashtag #putaplaneonit, Thota decided to start this series after his father found a toy plane inside a chocolate Kinder egg. Through the photos, he not only gets to explore his interest in aviation, but also to build relationships with the people around him. He says, “The thing I enjoy most about the series is how fun it is to include other people in it. It’s always fun to show people the plane, tell them the story and then ask them for a helping hand in taking the shot.”

Varun Thota Website

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How to Spot the International Space Station ….

April 27, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Every so often, the International Space Station (ISS) becomes visible in your night sky. Here’s how you can spot it.

Is it a meteor? Is it a plane? It might be the International Space Station (ISS).

Every so often, the ISS becomes visible in the night sky. To us on Earth, it looks like a bright star moving quickly above the horizon. The ISS is so bright, it can even been seen from the center of a city. Then, just as suddenly as it appeared, it disappears. How do you know when you can see the ISS in your night sky?

NASA has started a Spot the Station program where people from around the world can sign up to receive alerts when the ISS will be visible from your location. You can receive alerts via email or a text message to your phone. Typically, alerts are sent out a few times each month when the station’s orbit is near your location. Visit the Spot the Station website here to sign up, and view a list of upcoming sighting opportunities.

Notices will only be sent to you when the ISS will be clearly visible from your location for at least a couple of minutes. If you live north of 51.6 degrees latitude (for example, in Alaska), you will likely have to visit the website to find sighting opportunities because notifications in this region would be rare.

The notices contain information on where to look for the ISS in the night sky. Just note where the sun sets and you can easily find the direction where the station will appear (for example, in the southwest or in the northwest). The height at which the station will appear is given in degrees. Just remember that 90 degrees is directly over your head. Any number less than 90 degrees will mean that the station will appear somewhere between the horizon and the 90 degree mark. The station is so bright that it is really hard to miss if you’re looking in the correct direction. Alternatively, you can stretch out your fist at arm’s length toward the horizon, which is equivalent to about 10 degrees. Then, just use the appropriate number of fist-lengths to find the location marker, e.g., four fist-lengths from the horizon would be equivalent to about 40 degrees.

So far, more than half a million people have signed up to receive alerts from NASA’s Spot the Station program. I’ve seen the station fly over twice now and it’s a pretty amazing experience—gets you thinking about how far our technology has advanced.

The first module of the ISS was launched into space in 1998 and the initial construction of the station took about two years to complete. Human occupation of the station began on November 2, 2000. Since that time, the ISS has been continuously occupied and over 214 people have visited to date. The ISS serves as both an orbiting laboratory and a port for international spacecraft. The primary partnering countries involved in operating the ISS include the United States, Canada, Europe, Japan and Russia.

The ISS orbits at approximately 220 miles above the Earth and it travels at an average speed of 27,724 kilometers (17,227 miles) per hour. The ISS makes multiple orbits around the Earth every day. So far, the ISS has traveled more than 1.5 billion miles through space.

Bottom line: Check out the ISS in the night sky the next time it flies over your location. You can sign up to receive alerts with NASA’s Spot the Station program or visit that website to view a list of viewing opportunities.

source:::::Earth skynews site

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Take 2 For Terminal 2 of Heathrow ….Ready For Take off On June 4 …

April 24, 2014April 24, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

The new Terminal 2 is to be rebranded to become ‘The Queen’s Terminal’ when it opens on June 4
Spacious new air transit facility will be able to handle 20million passengers a year, flying to 51 destinations

By DAMIEN GAYLE in mailonline.com UK

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Heathrow Airport’s new Terminal 2 is set to open in months, giving the capital a spacious new air transit point able to handle 20million passengers a year.

Replacing the old, overcrowded Terminal 2 which had stood since the Fifties, the new facility was today hailed as a cornerstone of Heathrow’s revitalisation ahead of its opening on June 4.

Shafts of natural light and high quality acoustics should make the building a calm space for travellers accustomed to high anxiety at dark, noisy airports, said lead architect Luis Vidal.

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Spacious: British artist Richard Wilson’s sculpture Slipstream dominates this view of the new Terminal 2 at Heathrow Airport on April 23, 2014 in London, England. The rebuilding of the transit point has taken five years at a cost of £2.5billion, but it is finally slated to open on June 4

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Gateway to the world: The departure area of the new ‘Queen’s Terminal’, which is expected to manage up to 20million passengers every year

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Breath of fresh air: Visitors walk past a doorway at the new building, which replaces the old, overcrowded Terminal 2 which had stood since the Fifties

‘If you make it intuitive, pleasant, joyful, you can take away a completely different memory of the terminal,’ Mr Vidal told The Associated Press.

‘You can never completely erase your memory of the former Terminal 2, because it was a dreadful experience. This will be completely the opposite. This will be a destination. People will want to come here.’

In an effort to dispense with those past bad associations, the new Terminal 2 will be rebranded as ‘The Queen’s Terminal’. Queen Elizabeth will open the building herself – just as she did the original Terminal 2 in 1955.

The completion of the £2.5billion project, in conjunction with the relatively new Terminal 5 that opened in 2008, gives Heathrow two modern terminals. It is part of an £11billion refurbishment designed to keep London’s biggest airport competitive with other major European hubs including Amsterdam, Frankfurt and Paris.

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The Slipstream sculpture is the centrepiece of the development, hanging 18m above the ground with a design intended to evoke the path of a plane in flight

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Luxurious: With London increasingly becoming a destination of choice for the world’s super-rich, Terminal 2 will have no shortage of pricey shops

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World of possibility: A construction worker puts the finishing touches to a sign at Terminal 2, which is to be rebranded ‘The Queen’s Terminal’ when it opens this summer

The Queen’s Terminal will host 26 airlines, including United, Air Canada, Singapore Airlines and others that are part of the global Star Alliance, and offer flights to 51 destinations.

Of course, with London increasingly becoming a destination of choice for the world’s super-rich, Terminal 2 will have no shortage of pricey shops.

Officials say Terminal 2 will be the first in the world to offer a ‘complimentary personal shopping lounge where trained stylists will present a curated range of products for each client.’

The interior of the new terminal is dominated by a huge aluminium sculpture hanging 18m above the ground that is inspired by the flight path of a stunt place.

British artist Richard Wilson’s ‘Slipstream’ weighs 77 tonnes and is 78m in length, its vast bulk looming above the terminal’s main lobby and escalators, evoking the journeys that those who see it are set to embark on.

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Slipstream weighs 77 tonnes and is 78m in length, its vast bulk looming above the terminal’s main lobby and escalators

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Airport officials chastened by the chaos that plagued the opening of Terminal 5 in 2008 are planning a ‘soft’ opening of the new terminal

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Only one flight is planned the first day so, even if things go awry, the number of people affected will be small

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The new terminal will gradually be brought to full capacity over six months

Chastened by the problems that plagued the opening of Terminal 5, which included chaos when the luggage handling system broke down, airport officials are planning a ‘soft’ opening of the new terminal.

Only one flight is planned the first day so, even if things go awry, the number of people affected will be small.

The new terminal will gradually be brought to full capacity over six months.

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Queues at the old Terminal 2: The old, overcrowded terminal building had stood since the Fifties

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Old fashioned: The building suffered from poor design and a lack of natural light, problems exacerbated by its handling far more passengers than it was ever intended to

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Passengers try to sleep on uncomfortable seats at Terminal 2 after the UK’s then newly privatised air traffic control system crashed

Heathrow officials say they are still pushing to build a controversial third runway, which is opposed by London Mayor Boris Johnson and influential environmental groups.

John Holland-Kaye, Heathrow’s development director, said the completion of the new terminal shows Heathrow has complied with the last Labour government’s directive that Heathrow should improve without growing.

‘Our challenge now is to make the case to expand,’ he said, admitting that getting permission would be ‘politically complex.’

Mr Holland-Kaye said private money is available to pay for a third runway, which would greatly add to Heathrow’s capacity.

He also claimed the new Terminal 2 would reduce the ‘stacking’ problem over Heathrow that often causes delays as planes await permission to land.

Lucky Escape …Teen Stowaway in Wheel !!!

April 21, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

Lucky escape … the teen was found in the wheel well of a Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 767. Source: Supplied

A BOY stowed in the wheel well of a Boeing 767 on a flight from California to Hawaii has miraculously survived unharmed despite freezing temperatures and a lack of oxygen.

FBI officials said staff at Maui’s Kahului Airport noticed the boy on the tarmac after the Hawaiian Airlines plane landed and notified security.

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“Our primary concern now is for the well-being of the boy, who is exceptionally lucky to have survived,” Hawaiian Airlines said.

Breach … security footage from San Jose airport showed the boy jumping a fence to get to the plane. Source: No Source

FBI spokesman Tom Simon in Honolulu said security footage from the San Jose airport showed the boy from Santa Clara, California, hopped a fence to get to Hawaiian Airlines Flight 45 on Sunday morning.

Simon said the boy, who had run away from his family, would would not be charged and was referred to child protective services.

source::::news.com.au

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What Happens When You Try To Open the Door Of an Aircraft @ 30000 Feet !!!

April 21, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

What happens when you flip out on a Boeing 737 and try to open the door at 30,000 feet?

After dousing himself in bathroom water on his Southwest flight from Chicago to Sacramento, 23-year-old Joshua Carl Lee Suggs tried to find that out. When asked to take his seat, Suggs pushed past flight attendants and attempted to open the exit hatch because he “wanted to look out the window.” A couple of good Samaritans wrestled the suicidal half-wit into submission.

Suggs is now safe in a Nebraska jail cell after the pilot emergency landed in Omaha to boot the addled hooligan. Since Suggs never got his question answered, we continued his search for enlightenment. So we asked the experts.

Pilot and Vietnam War veteran Pete Jordan knows exactly what happens when a pressurized cabin decompresses 30,000 feet in the air at 300 to 600 mph: “There’s no oxygen, and it gets damn cold in a hurry.” An open door would release the cabin’s ball of pressure, causing an immediate “suction explosion.”

Jordan’s plane was shot during ‘Nam. Although terrifying, small bullet holes at low speeds and altitude gave this veteran a very different chaos than what Suggs might have caused.

In 1988, Aloha Airlines Flight 243 lost a section of its fuselage roof at 24,000 feet due to metal fatigue. It was an 18-year-old Boeing 737. Explosive decompression removed and killed one un-harnessed flight attendant and injured 65 strapped-in passengers. There have been no other instances of similar roof removal since that tragedy.

Chief flight instructor at the US Aviation Academy David Cruz says there’s a good reason that you never hear about the hatch opening.

“Commercial planes have been designed to prevent in-flight exits ever since [D.B. Cooper] robbed that flight in [1971],” says Cruz.

D.B. Cooper’s famous sting operation was in a Boeing 727, which “had a stairwell that automatically lowered in the back.” Cooper grabbed around $200,000 in cash and jumped (likely to his death) out of the rear of the plane. Modern commercial aircrafts do not allow passengers to voluntarily exit in flight no matter how badly they want to die.

Miles Kotay of Boeing’s Aviation Safety Communications confirms it. “It’s completely impossible to open the door of any modern Boeing in flight,” he says. “The doors are locked, which doesn’t even matter, because physics prevents it anyway.”

Boeing’s inwardly opening doors have around 1,000 lbs of suction holding them shut.

Sorry, Suggs. Looks like you’ll just have to “look out of the window” by… looking out the window.

Originally published at Esquire.

source:::::www.popular mechanics.com

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NASA Announces An Earth like Planet ….

April 18, 2014April 18, 2014NatarajanLeave a comment

NASA and Kepler telescope researchers have just announced that they’ve discovered an Earth-sized planet, circling a dwarf star at a distance that would allow that planet to support liquid water.

A live press conference is currently happening, which includes Douglas Hudgins of NASA’s Astrophysics Division, Elisa Quintana of the SETI Institute at NASA’s Ames Research Center, Tom Barclay of Bay Area Environmental Research Institute at Ames, and Victoria Meadows of the University of Washington and the NASA Astrobiology Institute at Ames.

You can watch live on Ustream and we’ve embedded the video below. Questions for the scientists can be submitted on Twitter using the hashtag #AskNASA.

http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/46348063
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The finding was also published today, April 16, in the journal Science.

The new planet, Kepler-186f, is part of a five-planet planet system that orbits a star named Kepler-186, which is cooler and about half the size and mass of our sun.

The newfound system is located about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. Kepler-186f is the outermost planet and the only one circling its star at the right distance to have liquid water on it’s surface. Since liquid water is a key ingredient for life to exist, scientists call this sweet spot the “habitable zone.”

On planets that are too close to their star, liquid water boils away. Those that are too far don’t get enough energy from their star to support a climate and atmosphere similar to Earth.

The planets were discovered using the Kepler spacecraft, launched in 2009 to look for Earth-sized planets near stars like our sun. Kepler has found dozens of exoplanets in the habitable zone, but most of these are gas giants. Kepler-186f is the first confirmed Earth-sized planet potentially with an Earth-like atmosphere and water at its surface.

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The artist’s concept depicts Kepler-186f, the first validated Earth-size planet orbiting a distant star in the habitable zone.

Size and composition

Kepler-186f is less than 10% larger than Earth. Scientists confirmed the size of Kepler-186f by measuring how much light it blocks as it passed in front of its host star.

Scientists don’t yet know the mass or composition of Kepler-186f, but think it could have a rocky surface based on planets of similar size – like Earth.

“There’s a very excellent chance that it does have a rocky surface like the Earth,” co-author Stephen Kane, of San Francisco State University, said in a statement.

Here’s how the planets of our inner solar system compare to those of Kepler-186:

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The diagram compares the planets of the inner solar system to Kepler-186, a five-planet system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus.

source::::Business Insider India

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