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Sunday, May 31, 2009

Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6 Vandenberg AFB CA


Close-up view of Space Shuttle Enterprise in launch position on the Space Launch Complex (SLC) #6, commonly known as "SLICK 6", during the ready-to-launch checks to verify launch procedures. February of 1985. VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE.
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Delta Boeing 757 N632DL in Fort Lauderdale


Delta Boeing 757 N632DL in Fort Lauderdale Airport on 5/25/09.
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Spirit Airbus A319 N533NK at Fort Lauderdale


Spirit Airbus A319 N533NK in Fort Lauderdale International Airport 5/25/09.
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Delta A320 N319US in Fort Lauderdale Airport


Delta A320 N319US in Fort Lauderdale Airport on 5/25/09
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Inexpensive 4 Ch RC Flight Simulator

E-sky 4 Ch Flight Simulator Training Kit for Airplanes and Helicopters w/ USB Port

E-sky 4 Ch Flight Simulator Training Kit for Airplanes and Helicopters w/ USB Port
From xheli.com

List Price: $59.99
Price: $28.95


Product Description

This is a revolutionary new Model Flight Simulator that allows the user to fly with the same type of transmitter used for regular flight. There are only a few Transmitter and Simulator combos on the Internet and none are equivilent to the ESKY FMS Simulator Package in value. This new simulator gives you real world flying experiences from your PC.Its Interlink Controller plugs into a USB port on your computer.It looks and feels just like a real transmitter and has switches for dual rates,retracts, and a knob for flaps. Especially without 8"AA" battery can directly work with computer. This simulator includes a model airplane simulator, model heliopter simulator, model glider simulator, and the ability to create your own models and landscapes.

Flight Sim Yoke

CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 )

CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 )
From CH PRODUCTS

List Price: $149.95
Price: $99.24 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details


Product Description

Command the skies with the king of flight simulator controls, the Flight Sim Yoke USB. This one of a kind yoke offers features that will allow you to fly with the realism you've come to expect from CH Products. The Flight Sim Yoke USB provides 5 axes of control including, pitch, roll, throttle lever, propeller lever, and mixture lever. It also features 20 button functions, including 2-way gear switch, 2-way flaps switch, 8-way hat switch, two 2-way rocker switches, and 4 push buttons. Pilots around the world applaud the comfortably placed prop, throttle and mixture levers. It's the closest thing you'll get to sitting in your own cockpit.

American Airlines Boeing 737 N905AN Flagship Liberty at Fort Lauderdale


American Airlines Boeing 737 N905AN Flagship Liberty at Fort Lauderdale International Airport 5/25/09.
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Miami Dolphins Boeing 737 N737NK in Fort Lauderdale


Miami Dolphins Boeing 737 N737NK in Fort Lauderdale International Airport. 5/25/09. [ORDER PHOTO HERE]

Jet Blue Embraer 190 N304JB in Fort Lauderdale


Jet Blue Embraer 190 N304JB "Midnight Blue" in Fort Lauderdale International Airport 5/25/09.
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Crazy Heli Take Off

Friday, May 29, 2009

In the Ghetto Flyers Store

F-107A Ultra Sabre Jet 1-72 by Trumpeter

F-107A Ultra Sabre Jet 1-72 by Trumpeter
From Trumpeter Models

Price: $13.67

Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days
Ships from and sold by Megahobby

3 new or used available from $13.67

Product Description

1/72 Scale. This kit by Trumpeter of the North American F-107A Measures 12.4 inches in length and has a wingspan of 6.9 inches. Features recessed panel lines, 58 pieces and decals for three versions, 55-5118, 55-5119 and 55-5120. Skill level 2. Mono Chrome pieces also included.

In the Ghetto Flyers Store

Discovery Kids Motorized Jet Engine

Discovery Kids Motorized Jet Engine
From Discovery Kids

List Price: $49.99
Price: $29.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details

Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Ships from and sold by Toy Ranch

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Product Description

All 50 pieces are laid out. You're ready to build your own motorized jet engine testing lab. Following easy-to-understand instructions, you assemble the turbine and compressor unit. It goes together without a hitch. Then you're on to the rear engine housing. Next, the thruster control arm and speed drum. Finally, you slide the transparent cover over the engine and lift the thruster control. Whoosh. The engine lights up as the fans engage and start to spin. You stand back to admire your work.

Delta Boeing 767

Lego Airport Model

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Screams, 'We're down,' recorded in cockpit of crashing plane

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The pilot of a doomed plane that crashed, killing 50 people, said "Jesus Christ" and "We're down," seconds before the plane hurtled from the night sky into a house outside Buffalo, New York, in February.
An investigator walks past the wreckage from a plane crash in Clarence Center, New York, in February.

An investigator walks past the wreckage from a plane crash in Clarence Center, New York, in February.

The last sounds heard in the cockpit were First Officer Rebecca Shaw saying "We're" and then screaming at 10:16 p.m. on February 12, according to a transcript of the cockpit recording. [READ MORE]

Saturday, May 09, 2009

Russian Space Shuttle Buran

Vulcan Bomber

De Havilland Canada DHC-3T Vazar Dash 3 Turbine Otter

F-15 Eagle

Report: Hackers broke into FAA air traffic control systems

Hackers have broken into the air traffic control mission-support systems of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration several times in recent years, according to an Inspector General report sent to the FAA this week.
In February, hackers compromised an FAA public-facing computer and used it to gain access to personally identifiable information, such as Social Security numbers, on 48,000 current and former FAA employees, the report said.
Last year, hackers took control of FAA critical network servers and could have shut them down, which would have seriously disrupted the agency's mission-support network, the report said. Hackers took over FAA computers in Alaska, becoming "insiders," according to the report dated Monday.
Then, taking advantage of interconnected networks, hackers later stole an administrator's password in Oklahoma, installed "malicious codes" with the stolen password and compromised the FAA domain controller in the Western Pacific Region, giving them the access to more than 40,000 FAA user IDs, passwords, and other data used to control a portion of the mission-support network, the report said. [READ MORE]