AIAA News Honors & Awards

Total Page:16

File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb

AIAA News Honors & Awards Member e-Newsletter October 2011 AIAA News Honors & Awards AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & AIAA Congratulates David Exposition a Great Success Thompson on Receiving the 2011 Livestreaming Sessions Now Available International von Kármán Wings Online Award Honored for His Leadership of Orbital The AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Sciences Corporation Exposition, which took place 27–29 September at the Long Beach Convention Center in Long Beach, AIAA congratulates David Thompson, co- California, was a great success, and the Institute founder, chairman, and CEO of Orbital would like to thank the Executive Chairs, Charles Sciences Corporation, AIAA Fellow, and Elachi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lt Gen former president of AIAA, on being awarded Ellen Pawlikowski, U.S. Air Force Space and the International von Kármán Wings Award Missile Systems Center, Roger Krone, The from the Aerospace Historical Society and the Boeing Company, Jeff Grant, Northrop Grumman Graduate Aerospace Laboratories of the Corporation, and Joanne Maguire, Lockheed California Institute of Technology. Thompson Martin Corporation. The conference theme of this received the award at a dinner on 29 year’s event was: Enhancing Today, Inspiring September at the Athenaeum, California Tomorrow. Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. California Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom provided the keynote address Tuesday, 27 September. Full Story > Newsom touched upon the need for the state of California to get back in the business of building things once again, stating, “I support innovation.” He enthusiastically provided his support for the aerospace industry, saying, “You are about pushing the limits, not about what is, but what can be,” while also declaring the state of California open for business, stating, “You are the future business, and this state is AIAA Honorary Fellow Yvonne C. about the future.” Brill to Receive the National Medal U.S. Congressman Ken Calvert, representing California's 44th district, addressed attendees on of Technology and Innovation Wednesday, 28 September, noting with dismay that the U.S. is no longer equipped to put man into space, Honored for Her Contributions to and emphasizing the need to work together so that the U.S. maintains its leadership position. He said that Satellite Propulsion Systems Congress, the administration, and industry each have a role to play and all must ask, “Is this best for the country?” as we move forward, noting that, “Our forefathers pushed the bounds of exploration, the torch is ours to carry on.” AIAA congratulates AIAA Honorary Fellow Yvonne C. Brill on her selection by President Other keynote speakers included Bob Burke, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Craig R. Cooning, The Obama to receive the National Medal of Boeing Company, Douglas L. Loverro, Director, U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center, Technology and Innovation. Brill will receive Joanne Maguire, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Lt Gen Eugene Tattini, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the medal at a White House ceremony later Tim Frei, Northrop Grumman Corporation, James Green, NASA, G. Scott Hubbard, Stanford University, this year. and Steven Squyres, Cornell University, among others. Full Story > Videos of these keynote addresses, as well as many others from SPACE 2011, are now available on AIAA.org. (Pictured: Joanne Maguire and Lt Gen Eugene Tattini) AIAA Announces Section Award View Videos from SPACE 2011. Winners Awards Honor Outstanding Section View Presentations from SPACE 2011. Programming in a Variety of View Photos from SPACE 2011. Categories AIAA has announced its 2010–2011 Section STS-135 Crew from Space Shuttle Atlantis Meets with Award winners. The Section Awards annually honor particularly notable achievements made Media at AIAA SPACE 2011 by member sections in offering activities that fulfill the Institute’s mission in a wide range of fields. The Institute believes that vital, active Socks, orbital debris, runway lengths, the thoughts of America’s last space sections are essential to the Institute’s health shuttle crew on the shuttle’s legacy, and much more were all discussed at and mission. a media roundtable with the crew of STS-135, the final space shuttle mission, on 28 September at the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Full Story > Beach, California. Held in conjunction with the AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, the event brought together three members of the STS-135 crew: Chris Ferguson, Commander; Sandra Magnus, Mission Specialist 1; and Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist 2, with AIAA Presents Awards at SPACE ten reporters for a roundtable moderated by AIAA’s Executive Director Bob Dickman. 2011 Conference (Click image for larger version. Pictured {left to right}: Chris Ferguson, Commander; Sandra Technical Achievement, Program Magnus, Mission Specialist 1; Rex Walheim, Mission Specialist 2.) Management and Sustained Service Full Story > Honored AIAA presented awards recognizing key AIAA Welcomes Attendees to the AIAA Centennial of achievements in space science and Naval Aviation Forum technology, space program management, and sustained service to the Institute, at an awards luncheon on 28 September as part of the AIAA welcomed hundreds of attendees to the Centennial of Naval Aviation AIAA SPACE 2011 Conference & Exposition, Forum and New Horizons in Aviation Forum, which took place 21–23 which took place 27–29 September, at the September in Virginia Beach, VA. The panel sessions kicked off on the Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach, morning of the 21st with “Naval Aviation Enterprise,” featuring VADM CA. Walter B. Massenburg, USN (Ret.), VADM James M. Zortman, USN (Ret.), RADM Michael E. Finley, USN (Ret.), and Daniel Nega, Director, Aviation Full Story > Readiness and Resource Analysis Department, Naval Air Systems Command, as panelists (this session, as well as all of the others, can be viewed in its entirety via the CoNA videos posted on AIAA.org). Following the morning session, a “TOPGUN Fightertown USA” panel was featured, in which TOPGUN Featured Products officers from various times during the Navy Fighter Weapons School’s 40-plus year history discussed Hot Off the Press developments, challenges, and accomplishments during their tenures at the school. The Top Gun Fightertown USA panel included, CDR Alex “Rattler” Rucker, an F-8 Pilot (Vietnam), TOPGUN instructor (1973–76), and an F-14 Pilot (in the early 80’s), CDR Dave “Poof” Harris, F-14 and F/A-18F Pilot, TOPGUN Instructor 1997–2000 and 2003–2007, CDR Dave “Bio” Baranek, F-14 RIO (Radar Intercept Officer), TOPGUN Instructor 1984–1987, Commanding Officer of VF-211 1997–1998, and author of “TOPGUN Days,” and CDR Will “Toast” Burney, F-14 RIO, F/A-18 WSO (Weapon Systems Officer), Introduction to TOPGUN Instructor 1999–2002, and TOPGUN Commanding Officer 2009–2011. Theoretical Aerodynamics and (Pictured: Rear Admiral Patrick E. McGrath, Deputy Commander, Naval Air Forces, and Director, Hydrodynamics Centennial of Naval Aviation Task Force) Full Story > William R. Sears View Videos from CoNA/NHAF. AIAA Education Series View Presentations from CoNA/NHAF. Formally published for the first time, Professor William R. Sears’ classic View Photos from CoNA/NHAF. work, Introduction to Theoretical Aerodynamics and Hydrodynamics, reflects many years of continual Bolden Keynotes the New Horizons in Aviation Forum evolution as a course study guide at the Part of the Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum Graduate School of Aeronautical Engineering at Cornell University, with updates prepared by his former students The Honorable Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, addressed attendees of the AIAA Centennial of Naval Aviation Forum Thursday, 22 September, to enhance ease of use by today’s in Virginia Beach, VA. Touching on the importance of the aerospace students. Instructors will find this a industry, Bolden said, “This field is truly essential to our way of life,” while superb textbook for a first course in stressing that NASA will continue forming partnerships with industry “within ideal aerodynamics and/or the constraints of the NASA budget.” Bolden emphasized that NASA will hydrodynamics. have to take more risks in the future if it wants to remain on the cutting edge of aeronautics research and exploration, stating, “I think we actually have to demand more risks. If AIAA Member Price: $54.95 you want to be innovative, if you want to make advancements, if you want to do big leaps then you have to put some risk in your programs. You have to be willing to take chances and get it wrong every once in a List Price: $69.95 while,” he said. “If something's going to go wrong in our world at NASA I want it to be because we're on the edge of the envelope.” (Pictured: The Honorable Charles Bolden, NASA Administrator, providing keynote remarks at the AIAA Centennial of Naval Aviation and New Horizons in Aviation Forum, 22 September 2011, in Introduction to Flight Virginia Beach, VA) Testing and Applied Aerodynamics View Videos from CoNA/NHAF. Barnes W. McCormick AIAA Education Series An introduction into the art and science of measuring and predicting airplane performance, Introduction to Flight Testing and Applied Aerodynamics will benefit students, homebuilders, pilots, and engineers in learning how to collect and analyze data relevant to the takeoff, AIAA Proudly Organizes NRO 50th Anniversary Gala climb, cruise, handling qualities, descent, and landing of an aircraft. This For more than half a century, the pioneering and innovative efforts of the textbook presents a basic and concise men and women of the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), along with analysis of airplane performance, industry partners, have provided the intelligence community, warfighters, stability, and control. Basic algebra, and government leaders with the critical and timely information required to trigonometry, and some calculus are make decisions that saved lives and preserved our national security. On 17 used. September 2011, AIAA took great pride in organizing the NRO 50th Anniversary Gala to commemorate the relentless pursuit of “Vigilance from AIAA Member Price: $49.95 Above” and to salute the organization, its workforce, alumni, and partners for all of their outstanding efforts.
Recommended publications
  • Five by Five a M Essage F Rom the P Resident
    Vol. 1, No. 2 Summer 2021 The Newsletter of the Helicopter Conservancy, Ltd. FIVE BY FIVE A M ESSAGE F ROM THE P RESIDENT ne of my earliest memories is of a was able to intervene. So my own rescuer family trip to the beach. I remember ultimately saved not just one life that day O the warmth of the sand between my back in 1969 but two. toes, the blue sky overhead and the roar of the surf as it broke on the Pacific coast. The Helicopters are well known for their im- year was 1969. I was oblivious to the war in portant role in rescue work, a role that dates Southeast Asia then in full swing; I knew back to the early machines of the 1940s. With INSIDE THIS ISSUE: nothing of the tumultuous events here at their ability to get in and out of tight spots, home. In fact, I was just old enough to walk helicopters are ideally suited for this task. Five by Five 1 and, using this newfound ability, slipped away Around the Hangar 2 from my parents to go explore this exciting Their crews are equally at home in this mis- and unfamiliar place. sion and have earned a reputation for re- Firestorm 3 maining cool under pressure, often facing I toddled over to get a better look at the extraordinary personal risk to deliver their 6 The Last Dragon waves and a school of small fish I had spotted charges—all in a day’s work. Short Final 8 swimming in the shallows.
    [Show full text]
  • Read Book Focke Wulf Jet Fighters
    FOCKE WULF JET FIGHTERS PDF, EPUB, EBOOK Justo Miranda | 256 pages | 13 Mar 2018 | Fonthill Media | 9781781556641 | English | Toadsmoor Road, United Kingdom Focke Wulf Jet Fighters PDF Book A spokesman for the Taliban said its fighters were not involved. The next main production version, the Fw D, featured a lengthened nose and Junkers Jumo liquid-cooled engine in an annular cowling. Sign in Recover your password. Forgot Password. V in all but turn radius , and Axis pilots who flew both the Messerschmitt BF and the Fw preferred the latter for its increased firepower and maneuverability. Learn how your comment data is processed. For most of us, doing laundry is a chore. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here. A man who did prison time for aggravated stalking and has convictions for domestic violence and violating a restraining order has an year-old girl he has kidnapped at gunpoint, Pembroke Pines police said. Throughout World War II German military designers gave birth, if only on paper, to some of the most advanced aircraft of their time. Leave A Reply. Henrich Focke , Kurt Tank. During World War I, I served in the cavalry and in the infantry. Unidentified gunmen killed two female judges from Afghanistan's Supreme Court on Sunday morning, police said, adding to a wave of assassinations in Kabul and other cities while government and Taliban representatives have been holding peace talks in Qatar. Start a Wiki. Go deeper: Biden's "day challenge"Support safe, smart, sane journalism. As the war went on the FW was manufactured in no fewer than 40 different models.
    [Show full text]
  • Die Hubschrauber Des Prof. Henrich Focke Und Die Herstellung Der Fa 223 in Laupheim Und Ochsenhausen
    SONDERDRUCK Zeit und Heilnat 14.August 1986·Nr. 2 Beiträge zur Geschichte, Kunst und Kultur Seit 1924Beilage der "Schwäbischen Zeitung" 29. Jahrgang von Stadt und Kreis Biberach Ausgabe Biberach an der Riß Die Hubschrauber des Prof. Henrich Focke und die Herstellung der Fa 223 in Laupheim und Ochsenhausen Von Hans Hutzel, Ummendorf wieder an. Der· Ummendorfer Schreinermeister August Kemmerle kann sich nach über 40 Jahren Die ersten Aktivitäten von Prof. Henrich Focke noch gut erinnern, wie er damals die Rotorblätter auf dem Gebiet der Drehflügler datieren von 1930. der Fa 223 bei der Biberacher Firma Fritz Montag 1931 kam der Abschluß eines Lizenzvertrags für fertigen mußte. Bereits am 5. Februar 1943 stand in den Nachbau der englischen Version des Autogiros Laupheim eine neue, verbesserte Fa 223 mit um- des Spaniers de la Cierva durch die Fa. Focke-Wulf fangreichen Meßanlagen zur Verfügung. zustande. Focke machte sich Gedanken über besse- Der Werkstattflugbetrieb bestand aus rein techni- re Lösungen von Drehflüglern. Den Autogiros war schen Erprobungen wie Blattverstellung, Flüge mit es nicht möglich, in der Luft stehenzubleiben und einem Höhenmotor, Methanol-Wasser-Einsprit- senkrecht zu starten und zu landen. zung, Kaltstart und Schneekufenerprobung. Hier- 1932 begann Focke zunächst mit der Festlegurig bei muß noch erwähnt werden, daß in Laupheim des Rotorsystems für einen richtigen Hubschrau- ein großer Windkanal für die Fa 223 zur Verfügung ber. Nach eingehendem Studium aller nur denkba- stand. ren Möglichkeiten entschloß sich Focke, je einen Rotor rechts und links vom Rumpf an Auslegern Eine Laupheimer Fa 223 verunglückte am 4. De- anzuordnen, damit sich die Drehmomente gegen- zember 1943 bei dem Flug von Lyon nach Chamo- seitig aufhoben.
    [Show full text]
  • Helicopter Society (AHS) International STEM Committee: Free to Distribute with Attribution History of Rotorcraft
    History and Overview of Rotating Wing Aircraft Photo by Paolo Rosa Produced by the American Helicopter Society (AHS) International STEM Committee: www.vtol.org/stem Free to distribute with attribution History of Rotorcraft • Definition of Rotorcraft – Any flying machine using rotating wings to provide lift, propulsion, and control that enable vertical flight and hover Rotating wings provide propulsion, Rotating wings provide lift, but negligible lift and control. propulsion, control at same time. History of Rotorcraft • Two key configurations developed in parallel – Autogiro • Close to helicopter, uses many of same mechanical feature • Cannot hover • Unpowered rotor – Helicopter • Powered rotor • Many configurations have been developed • Autogiros flew first! – Autogiro innovations enabled development of first helicopters Autogyro – How it Works Lift Unpowered Rotor that Spins Due to Wind Blowing Through Rotor Like a Wind Turbine Relative Wind No Need for Anti-Torque Since Not Driven Thrust By an Engine Fixed to the Fuselage Control Surfaces Autogyro – How it Works Kind of like parasailing, except rotor provides lift in addition to drag. Helicopter – How it Works • Powered Rotor • Equal and opposite torque applied to rotor acts on fuselage Tail Rotor Rotor Thrust Thrust Main Rotor Drive Shaft Tail Boom Cockpit Tail Rotor Engine, Fuel, Landing Skids Transmission, etc. Controls Helicopter – Need for Anti-Torque • Engine fixed on body – exerts torque on rotor shaft – Rotor shaft exerts equal and opposite torque on body • Many configurations
    [Show full text]
  • VFS Dedicates Focke's Wind Tunnel As Vertical Flight Heritage Site
    VFS Dedicates Focke’s Wind Tunnel as Vertical Flight Heritage Site By Berend van der Wall n Sept. 15, the Vertical Flight Society held its Vertical Flight Heritage Site Award ceremony at the Focke Wind Tunnel Oin Bremen, Germany. This was the 12th site recognized since VFS began the program in 2013, which recognizes and helps preserve the most important vertical flight historical sites around the world. The Focke Wind Tunnel was built by Prof. Dr. Henrich Focke, the famous German aeronautical pioneer and aircraft designer, and was his last research laboratory. Construction of the wind tunnel began immediately after his retirement in 1961 and it was finished in 1963. Interestingly, the wind tunnel building had been the workshop of a carpenter who had built the wind tunnel model of the first Focke-Wulf A 16 light transport aircraft in 1923. Historic Background Focke became interested in rotating-wing aircraft in 1932. The Steffen (right) and van der Wall (left) unveil the VFS Focke-Wulf company built 40 Cierva C.30 Autogiros under license plaque at the Focke Wind Tunnel. (Photos courtesy of in Germany as the Fw 30 Heuschrecke (“Grasshopper”). His Fw 61 the author) was arguably the first practical helicopter in the world. Its maiden flight took place in 1936 at Bremen Airport and later broke all existing world records. Before VFS started its Vertical Flight Heritage Sites program in 2013, the Society was supporting a program by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA). VFS members successfully nominated several helicopter and VTOL sites for their program, including Bremen Airport, recognized in 2011 for its historical significance in aviation.
    [Show full text]
  • PDF Du Livre
    Zwischen Evolution und Revolution Der Werkstoffwandel im Flugzeugbau Philipp Hassinger Publisher: KIT Scientific Publishing Year of publication: 2013 Published on OpenEdition Books: 22 août 2017 Serie: KIT Scientific Publishing Electronic ISBN: 9782821883352 http://books.openedition.org Printed version ISBN: 9783866449985 Number of pages: 340 Electronic reference HASSINGER, Philipp. Zwischen Evolution und Revolution: Der Werkstoffwandel im Flugzeugbau. Neuauflage [Online]. Karlsruhe: KIT Scientific Publishing, 2013 (Erstellungsdatum: 08 février 2021). Online verfügbar: <http://books.openedition.org/ksp/3880>. ISBN: 9782821883352. This text was automatically generated on 8 février 2021. © KIT Scientific Publishing, 2013 Creative Commons - Namensnennung - Nicht-kommerziell - Keine Bearbeitung 3.0 Deutschland - CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 DE 1 „So you're telling me that people used to make airplanes out of wood? - out of lumber! I don't believe you, you're kidding me.“ Frühe Fluggeräte, ob schwerer oder leichter als Luft, bestanden aus Materialien, die uns heute im besten Fall als ungeeignet erscheinen. Bambus und Stoff weckten aber auch das Misstrauen der frühen Flugzeugbauer und -nutzer. Das revolutionäre Technologiesystem Flugzeug sollte von jeher aus den modernsten Materialien bestehen, ganz gleich ob sie immer wirklich die geeignetsten waren. Dieses Dogma hat bis heute nichts an Gültigkeit verloren. Und bis heute verursacht dieser Zwang zu den aktuellsten Materialien oft mehr Probleme als er löst. Das Beispiel Flugzeugbau bietet interessante Antworten auf die Frage, warum sich Technologien durchsetzen bzw. eben nicht durchsetzen. Es beweist, wie entscheidend und unterschätzt der Einfluss des Nutzers auf die Entwicklung einer Technologie ist. 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Vorwort des Reihenherausgebers Rolf-Jürgen Gleitsmann 1. Einleitung 2. Eine Werkstoffgeschichte der Luftfahrt bis zum Ersten Weltkrieg 2.1 Die Anfänge der Luftfahrt 2.2 Der erste Motorflug 2.
    [Show full text]
  • Helicopter Industry Early Beginnings To
    “We vlogen met een zucht...” HELICOPTER INDUSTRY% EARLY BEGINNINGS TO NOW An outlook on the helicopter market and its major players in the rotorcraft industry The helicopter is probably the most !exible aircraft that we know today. Although its history dates back to around 1500, the "rst practical helicopter wasn’t manufactured until the 1940s, roughly three decades after the Wright brothers’ "rst powered human !ight. Today, helicopters ful"l a wide range of tasks both in the civil and in the military sectors. Rescue missions requiring high precision, surveillance or quick transport are all possible due to this wonder of vertical !ight. TEXT Lubi Spranger, BSc Student he !rst helicopter-like machine was to counterwork this undesired motion or wards, backward, up, down and sideways. Tenvisioned by the revolutionary inven- by using two oppositely spinning blades Sikorsky’s design laid the foundation for tor Leonardo da Vinci in the mid 1500s in on the main rotor shaft. Another di$culty modern single-rotor helicopter designs. the form of the sketch of an aerial screw. that was faced by early helicopter engi- Other pioneers in the !eld included the Based on the principle of compressing air neers was the dissymmetry of lift. As the American Stanley Hiller, Jr. who invented through its rotational motion to generate rotor blades turned in a !xed direction, the !rst helicopter to have all metal ro- lift, it was supposed to undergo vertical the rotor blades would alternately spin tor blades that were very sti# and made "ight according to the same principle as in the direction of the air"ow and against it possible to "y at much higher speeds.
    [Show full text]
  • Legendäre Me 262
    Der Luftkrieg im 2. Weltkrieg Parallel wurden natürlich auch Militärflugzeuge weiterentwickelt, konstruiert, neue geschaffen und als 1939 der zweite Weltkrieg beginnt, stehen bei allen kriegführenden Mächten sehr, sehr viele Flugzeuge zur Verfügung, nicht nur von der Anzahl her, sondern auch von ihren Einsatzmöglichkeiten. Es sind vor allem die Bombenflugzeuge aller kriegführenden Länder, die uner- messliches Leid über die zivile Bevölkerung bringen und auch furchtbare Zerstörung der Wohnbereiche anrichten. Man glaubte mit solchen Verfahren die Gegner schneller besiegen zu können ("morale bombing"). Diese beiden Vitrinen, die Sie hier sehen, zeigen einmal den Einsatz deutscher Bombenflugzeuge, die bei der Bekämpfung militärischer Ziele natürlich auch sehr viele zivile Objekte zerstört haben (das wird heute gern von den kriegführenden Mächten als "Kollateralschaden" bezeichnet), während des Westfeldzuges gegen die Niederlande, Belgien, Frankreich und in der Luftschlacht über England 1940/41. Die andere Vitrine zeigt aber auch den zielgerichteten Einsatz amerikanischer und englischer Bombenflugzeuge gegen deutsche Großstädte, der - wissen- schaftlich fundiert und begleitet - mit großer Effektivität und Grausamkeit geführt wurde. Auch die nächtliche Luftabwehr mit Flak und Nachtjägern über dem Reich wird hier dargestellt. Am Ende des 2. Weltkrieges waren 66 deutsche Großstädte zerstört, über Dresden wird immer noch diskutiert. Das kommt dabei heraus, wenn unverantwortlich mit der Macht hantiert wird. Die Vitrinen zeigen als Beispiele die Städte Hannover und Dresden, aber auch die von London und Coventry durch die deutsche Luftwaffe verur- sachten Schäden. Auf der anderen Seite sehen Sie verschiedene anglo- amerikanische Fliegerbomben, die als Blindgänger in Hannover und umzu ausgegraben wurden. Und selbst was Sie am Ende sehen, ist nicht eine Litfaßsäule sondern eine englische Fliegerbombe mit ca.
    [Show full text]
  • Fliegerrevue X 73 Leseprobe
    73 Fa 223: die Technik Pucara im Falklandkrieg Notgelandet in Portugal Willy Steinkrauß 73 Fa 223: die Technik Pucara im Falklandkrieg Notgelandet in Portugal Willy Steinkrauß Deutsche Torpedoflugzeuge im Spanischen Bürgerkrieg Steinkrauß: Aufklärer und Kunstflieger Willy des bewegteDas Fliegerleben Pilot in zwei Weltkriegen vom Luftkrieg 1939-45 betroffen Luftkriegvom 1939-45 Portugal auch war neutral, Obwohl Notgelandet in Portugal Technik des revolutionärenTechnik Helikopters Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 Riskante Einsätze im Tiefflug gegen britische Truppen: Ein Pucara-Pilot berichtet Pucara-Pilot Ein Truppen: britische Tiefflug gegen im Einsätze Riskante Argentiniens IA 58 Pucara im Falkland-Krieg 1982 1982 Falkland-Krieg im Pucara 58 IA Argentiniens 61 > 62 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 63 > 64 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 65 > 66 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 67 > 68 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 69 > 70 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 71 > 72 > 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 Schweiz 25CHF Schweiz 14 BeNeLux Österreich, 12,80 Deutschland 59381 73 > D 74 > D 4 195938 112805 4 195938 112805 Editorial Liebe Leserinnen und Leser! FliegerRevue Nachdem Otto Lilienthal mit seinen Gleitflügen und die Brüder Wright mit dem ersten Motorflug die entscheidenden Impulse gegeben hatten, nahm Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts die Fliegerei kompakt 13 einen schnellen Aufschwung – zumindest mit Flächenflugzeugen. Es brauchte dann aber noch einmal ein halbes Jahrhundert, bis brauchbare Hubschrauber entstanden. Die Idee ist zwar alt – wir kennen die Zeichnung der Luftschraube „Helix Pteron“ von Leonardo da Vinci, die Chinesen Sowjetische Jagdflugzeuge im hatten sogar schon vor über 2000 Jahren das Prinzip verstanden. Doch die technischen Schwie- Zweiten Weltkrieg rigkeiten verhinderten lange den Bau eines manntragenden, wirklich flugtauglichen Gerätes.
    [Show full text]
  • 2217106 ROTOR for RÖTATING-WING AIRCRAFT Filed Feb . 18
    Oct. 8, 1940. H, FgCKE » 2,217,106 ROTOR FOR RÖTATING-WING AIRCRAFT Filed Feb_. 18, 1938. Patented Oct. 8, 1940 ' _ 2,217,106 UNITED -sTATl-:s- PATENT ol-‘FlcaA Henrich Focke, Bremen, Germany ApplicationFebruary 18, 1938, Serial No. 191,327 I » In Germany August 16, 1937 6 Claims. (Cl. 244-18) 'I'his invention concerns rotor devices for ro trated being extended from the main spar. The tating-wing aircraft, of the kind comprising a tips of the consecutive columns or `arms b are plurality of blades jointed to the hub. connected by tension'­ members c one carried An important object of the invention is to pro forward to each preceding blade in the dire‘c 5 vide interconnections adapted for inñuencing tion of rotation indicated by the arrow A and 5 the rotor blades in such manner that the latter one carried rearwardly to each following bladeA will constantly tend to maintainprecise angular and connected in a similar manner thereto. The intervals between themselves. blade a which is jointed to the hub by the uni The blades of air-screws have 4been braced tof versal joint e, ispas shown in Figure 2, also 10 gether in order to maintain their angular posi mounted in a bearing sleeve f so as to be rotat- 1. tions. For example, a. bracing of this kind was able about the axis of its spar. Thus, in the provided by Oehmichen (France) in his heli revolutions of the >rotor around the vertical or copter No. 3 of the year 1928. ' lifting axis g, each blade is capable of making Furthermore, it is known to provide ties for an overtaking or a lagging movement or a.
    [Show full text]
  • Short History of Brazilian Aeronautics
    Proceedings of the 11th Brazilian Congress of Thermal Sciences and Engineering -- ENCIT 2006 Braz. Soc. of Mechanical Sciences and Engineering -- ABCM, Curitiba, Brazil,- Dec. 5-8, 2006 Paper CIT06-0458 A Brief History of Brazilian Aeronautics Bento Silva de Mattos Technological Institute of Aeronautics – São José dos Campos – São Paulo - Brazil [email protected] Abstract. The history of aeronautics is the history of the technological development spiced by the enterprising spirit of aviation pioneers. The flight revolution was largely a product of technology and not so much of science. Its practitioners followed the tradition of the craftsmen and technicians who, awakened by the experimental method of Sir Francis Bacon and others, were the proto-engineers of the great expansion of technology and engineering that happened from the time of the Industrial Revolution onwards. Its first great accomplishment was the re-invention of lighter-than-air flight in 1783. Some time before the Brazilian Jesuit Bartolomeu de Gusmão make flew an unmanned small balloon in Portugal. By the mid-1790’s, the balloon had already been turned to practical benefit, as an observation system; it appeared as a scientific lifting platform shortly afterwards. The quest for steerable flight led to the creation of practical, small airships by the end of the 19th century, and the larger rigid airship appeared at the beginning of the 20th century, almost simultaneously with the appearance of the airplane. An overview of milestone events that marked the history of aeronautics worldwide is presented in its early days. The major achievements by the Brazilian Santos-Dumont are also described and analyzed as well as the major events in the Brazilian Aeronautics history.
    [Show full text]
  • A Comparative Analysis of Technological Learning Systems in Emerging Rotorcraft Companies by MASSACHUSFS INSTITTE Thiam Soon Gan O EINLG
    A Comparative Analysis of Technological Learning Systems in Emerging Rotorcraft Companies By MASSACHUSFS INSTITTE Thiam Soon Gan O EINLG B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering National University of Singapore, 2003 L LIBRARIES Submitted to the System Design and Management Program In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of ARCHNES Master of Science in Engineering and Management at the MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY February 2011 ( 2011 Thiam Soon Gan All rights reserved The author hereby grants MIT permission to reproduce and to distribute publicly paper and electronic copies of this thesis document in whole or in part in any medium now known or hereafter created. Signature of author Thiam Soon Gan System Design and Management Program November 2010 Certified by Dr. George L. Roth Principle Research Associate / Thesis Supervisor Lean Advancement Initiative / oan School of Management Center for Technology, Po ~ ndustia l t Accepted by \ly Pat Hale Director System Design and Management Program Engineering Systems Division This page is intentionally left blank A Comparative Analysis of Technological Learning Systems in Emerging Rotorcraft Companies By Thiam Soon Gan Submitted to the System Design and Management Program in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Engineering and Management ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to understand how emerging rotorcraft companies in various countries accomplished technological learning over the last sixty years. Owing to its unique products and growing market demand, rotorcraft industry is one of the most globalized and dynamic sectors of the aerospace industry. Understanding technological learning in the rotorcraft industry is important to industrial policy makers and corporate managers who are seeking more clarity in the relationship between rotorcraft companies and the global social-political environment.
    [Show full text]