Refimprove date July 2010 Matias Perez was a Portugal Portuguese pilot, canopy maker and Cuba n resident who, carried away with the ever increasing popularity of Aerostat aerostatic aircraft , disappeared while attempting an aerostatic flight from Havana s Plaza de Marte today, Parque Central on June 28, 1856. A few days earlier he had made a successful attempt, flying several miles. His second try, however, became part of Cuba s folklore when somebody or something disappears into thin air, people say Vol como Mat as P rez flew away like Matias Perez . See also Cluster ballooning Other intrepid balloonist s Adelir Antonio de Carli aka Padre Baloneiro , Brazilian priest, human right defender, unfortunately lost in the Atlantic Ocean in Brazilian offshore water at his second cluster balloon tentative on April 20, 2008. Bartolomeu de Gusm o , a priest and naturalist born in the Portuguese colony of Brazil, recalled for his first balloon flight in Lisbon in 1720 the ballon burned . Danny Deckchair , a 2004 Australian comedy film inspired by the story of Lawnchair Larry Larry Walters . Larry Walters , an American truck driver who took flight in California on July 2, 1982 in a homemade aircraft consisted of an ordinary patio chair with 45 helium filled weather balloons attached to it. ja Yoshikazu Suzuki , a Japanese balloonist also lost in the ocean. References Corbitt D.C. 1941 How Matias Perez Flew . Hispania, Vol. 24, No. 3 October 1941 , pp. 277 280 doi 10.2307 331902 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Perez, Matias ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Perez, Matias Category Missing people Category Missing aviators Cuba bio stub ... more details
This is a list of uses of balloon s Image Toy balloons.jpg thumb toy balloon s tiny balloon catheter balloon tamponade Graphene balloons small volume of a few litre s gas balloon cluster ballooning Talkie tapes Talking balloon toy balloon water balloon papier m ch balloon modelling decoration solar balloon balloon mail as part of a Balloon release balloon flight competition or to spread information balloon helicopter balloon rocket , demonstration of rocket propulsion ceiling balloon decoy s accompanying Intercontinental ballistic missile ICBM s in midcourse, see also countermeasure A vessel for storing nitrous oxide prior to inhalation for use as a Recreational drug use recreational drug medium volume of tens to thousands of litres free flying high altitude balloon hopper balloon fire balloon for the transport of bombs in World War II , FUGO Balloon transport of propaganda in World War II and in the Cold War ceiling balloon weather balloon used with a radiosonde fixed for carrying advertising signs to carry a antenna radio radio antenna toy balloon research balloon Skyhook balloon superpressure balloon other balloon tire s, for vehicles that require low ground pressures large volume up to 12,000,000 litres image yellow.balloon.inflation.arp.jpg thumb A hot air balloon is inflated at Royal Victoria Park, Bath, England free flying balloon aircraft lifting people, or daring prison escapes, usually with a hot air balloon , Rozi re balloon or a gas balloon airship , a steerable balloon hybrid airship , which combines characteristics of heavier than air HTA technology, fixed wing aircraft or helicopter , and lighter than air LTA , aerostat technology. research balloon with instrumentation, also to carry telescopes rockoon , a carrier for rockets. balloon satellite for space research. espionage balloon for military reconnaissance hopper balloon fixed as manned observation post before World War II barrage balloon observation balloon for military reconnaissance positioning ... more details
File Ballonet Anlage des Parseval Luftschiffes LA2 Blitz 0246 blank.png thumb right Ballonet system in a semi rigid Parseval airships Parseval airship br J air pump, br KK flap valves in the air lines, br LL air inlets into the ballonets, br M maneuvering vent, br U overpressure valve in gas cell, br VV overpressure valves in ballonets. File ballonet analogue.jpg thumb right The air filled red balloon acts as a simple model for a ballonet inside the outer balloon filled with lifting gas . A Ballonet is a air filled flexible container or airbag that is located inside the Aerostat envelope of a non rigid airship non rigid or semi rigid airship semi rigid airship . Such an airship can have one or more ballonets, commonly one Bow ship fore and one Stern aft . Because air is heavier than the lifting gas usually helium but, in the early days of lighter than air transport, hydrogen , the ballonets are deflated or inflated with air to maintain the external shape of the airship during ascent or descent. They can also be used to control the Flight dynamics aircraft pitch of the airship. The lower image illustrates the principle of a balloon within a balloon. The outer balloon represents the airship s outer envelope or gasbag the red inner balloon represents the ballonet. In an airship the ballonet would be much smaller relative to the size of the gasbag, e.g. in the French airship Lebaudy Patrie the ballonet s volume was approximately one fifth that of the envelope. The ballonet valves were originally a butterfly type, actuated by a spring system. The principle of actuation being that as the pressure rises in the ballonet, the spindle of the butterfly valve is compelled to turn under the increasing spring force, so relieving the pressure. More recently actuation of the valve is done electrically with either a linear actuator driven open closed or a linear solenoid spring return , the latter being the favoured fail to safe arrangement. Category Airship technology Aviation stub ... more details
The Intrepid was a hydrogen gas balloon or aerostat built for use by the Union Army Balloon Corps for aerial reconnaissance purposes during the American Civil War . It was one of seven balloons constructed for the Balloon Corps and was one of the four larger balloons designed to make ascensions to higher elevations with a larger lift capacity for telegraph equipment and an operator. It was the balloon of choice for Chief Aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe overlooking the Battle of Seven Pines Battle of Fair Oaks . ref cite book last McFarland first Stephen L. authorlink Stephen McFarland title s A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force publisher Defense Technical Information Center date 1997 year 1997 location Ft. Belvoir pages s Page A Concise History of the U.S. Air Force.djvu 6 1 doi id isbn 0160492084 ref Image intrepid balloon.jpg thumb 200px right Intrepid being cross inflated from Constitution in a spur of the moment attempt to get the larger balloon in the air to overlook the imminent Battle of Fair Oaks. The fateful flight over the Battle of Fair Oaks was instrumental in saving the fragmented army of Union Army General Samuel P. Heintzelman from what would have been sure defeat at the hands of the Confederates. The Intrepid undergoing a lengthy inflation was quickly hooked up to the spout of the smaller Constitution by means of a de bottomed camp kettle by which the gas was transferred in shorter time to make the ascent. References references See also History of military ballooning Union Army Balloon Corps Observation balloon Moored balloon Image Brady Balloon ascension HD SN 99 01887.JPEG 300px left thumb Typical field inflation from transportable hydrogen gas generators. Image Brady Balloon ascension of Thaddeus Lowe at Seven Pines HD SN 99 01888.JPEG thumb 200px Thaddeus S. C. Lowe Thaddeus Lowe ascending in the Intrepid to observe the Battle of Seven Pines Battle of Fair Oaks . Category Individual balloons aircraft Category Virginia ... more details
Francis Hall 1938 is a French botanist and biologist. He s a famous specialist of tropical rainforest s and of tree architecture. ref Cite web url http congress ise2012.agropolis.fr ftpheb.agropolis.fr en Congress info Ceremonial distinction.html title 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology publisher agropolis.fr accessdate 16 April 2012 ref He s mainly renowned in the world for the first Radeau des cimes Navigating the peaks he initiated with an Aerostat aerostatic balloon in 1986. ref Cite web url http www.bluechannel24.com ?p 6250 title Botanist raises study for the forest from the air in Chile publisher bluechannel24.com accessdate 16 April 2012 ref He s a Professor Emeritus of the University of Montpellier . ref Cite web url http web.up.ac.za pdfs 5602 Celebrated 20tropical 20botanist 20delivers 20last 20Centenary 20lecture.pdf title Celebrated tropical botanist delivers last Centenary lecture publisher http web.up.ac.za University of Pretoria accessdate 16 April 2012 ref In 2010, he and Luc Jacquet have started to collaborate for a Wild Touch film project, La For t des pluies , a documentary about Old growth forest primary forests . References Reflist Persondata NAME Halle, Francis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Botanist DATE OF BIRTH 1938 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Halle, Francis Category French botanists Category 20th century botanists Category 1938 births Category Living people France botanist stub France biologist stub fr Francis Hall pt Francis Hall ... more details
Refimprove date April 2009 Infobox Launch Pad name Launch Complex 4 image caption site Cape Canaveral Air Force Station location coord 28.466667 N 80.535669 W short LC 4 pads Two operator US Air Force tlaunches add pad1 LC 4 first Bomarc 621 1 br 10 September 1952 last Bomarc 631 8 br 15 April 1960 launches 25 rockets CIM 10 Bomarc br MGM 1 Matador br PGM 11 Redstone status Dismantled pad2 LC 4A first2 Bomarc 624 XY3 br 3 September 1958 last2 Bomarc 624 XY11 br 27 January 1959 launches2 3 rockets2 CIM 10 Bomarc status2 Dismantled Launch Complex 4 LC 4 was one of the first series of launch complexes to be built at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on Cape Canaveral , Florida . It consisted of two pads, LC 4 which was used for 25 launches of CIM 10 Bomarc Bomarc , MGM 1 Matador Matador and PGM 11 Redstone Redstone missiles between 1952 and 1960 and LC 4A, which was used for three Bomarc launches between 1958 and 1959. Following its deactivation in 1960, the original structures at the complex were dismantled. New facilities were built at the site in the 1980s, and it was used for aerostat launches between 1983 and 1989. Following this, the aerostat launch facilities were also removed, and the complex is currently not accessible to the public. Launches class wikitable style font size 95 bgcolor EEEEEE Date Time UTC Missile type Mission Notes 10 September 1952 Bomarc Bomarc 621 1 Failed launch 20 August 1953 14 37 Redstone Redstone RS 1 Failed launch 27 January 1954 15 20 Redstone Redstone RS 2 5 May 1954 17 28 Redstone Redstone RS 3 Failed launch 18 August 1954 14 04 Redstone Redstone RS 4 Failed launch 17 November 1954 18 12 Redstone Redstone RS 6 Failed launch 9 February 1955 20 15 Redstone Redstone RS 8 Failed launch 6 May 1955 Matador Matador GM 52 1895 2 February 1956 Bomarc Bomarc 623 13 21 Mai 1956 Bomarc Bomarc 623 16 Failed launch 17 April 1957 Bomarc Bomarc 624 1 22 July 1957 Bomarc Bomarc 624 7 1 May 1958 Bomarc Bomarc 624 19 7 August 1958 Bomarc Bomarc 624 XY ... more details
unique in combined a lighter than air main lift source, or aerostat , with helicopter and fixed ..., streamlined semi rigid airship semi rigid helium gas bag or aerostat to provide most of the lift need to support the aircraft and its load. The aerostat contained a rigid internal axle along ... to the aerostat s longitudinal axis, both blades and wings providing lift in the conventional ... to the normal flight direction and the engines pointed around the circumference. They caused the aerostat .... Its aerostat was 68 ft 0 in 20.73 m in diameter and 136 ft 0 in 41.45 m long. Partly to save weight ... more details
for their money. Radio Aerostat Since 2005 Grebenshchikov has an own weekly radio program on Russian radio station Radio Rossii titled Aerostat Russian . ref name aerostat official http www.aquarium.ru misc aerostat index.html Radio Aerostat on official site of Aquarium and BG ref It is presented ..., otherwise would not be played at all. The range of songs in Aerostat varies from 1960s and 1970s ... of all programs are available at official site of Aquarium and BG. ref name aerostat official ... more details
ceremony featured aspects of India s heritage and culture in seven segments. It featured an aerostat ... 10 04 the aerostat tech marvel or stage prop title The Aerostat Tech Marvel or Stage Prop? India ... web 20101006211900 http blogs.wsj.com indiarealtime 2010 10 04 the aerostat tech marvel ... hit aerostat lights up Games ceremony Article1 607895.aspx title Controversy hit aerostat ... http web.archive.org web 20101006024138 http www.hindustantimes.com Controversy hit aerostat lights ... plan was to have drummers on the aerostat, but the plan was cancelled. ref name hindustantimes1 ... classical dance recitals which also depicted four different Indian season seasons of India . The aerostat ... 5 October 2010. ref Gallery gallery File Commonwealth games Delhi 2010 opening ceremony aerostat Rajasthani puppets and drummers.png aerostat with magnificent image projections and huge Rajasthani ... ceremony aerostat yoga figure meditating.png aerostat with magnificent image projections of a meditating ... more details
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Unreferenced date December 2009 Alberto Braniff 1884 1966 was a Mexico Mexican fixed wing aircraft airplane pilot. Image Orozco braniff villa garibaldi.jpg thumb right Left to Right Pascual Orozco , Alberto Braniff , Pancho Villa and Giuseppe Garibaldi II Peppino Garibaldi Braniff was born in a wealthy and powerful family in Mexico during the Porfirio Diaz era. His father was the industrial Thomas Braniff , who came to Mexico to build the Veracruz railroad. Alberto went to study in Europe , where aviation flourished as he was a young adult. It was while in France that Braniff was able to acquire a French built airplane. Soon after, he shipped back to his home country, with his airplane aboard the ship . Mexico during that era was a relatively new country in need of new achievements. After their country lost the Mexican American War , Mexicans needed to look up to someone or to some type of success as a source of national pride. When Braniff returned home with his airplane, many Mexicans began to see him as a symbol of hope. Braniff, who had learned to fly the airplane while still in Europe, took it up upon himself to become that source of pride. Years before Braniff was born, a prominent Mexico City newspaper had predicted that it would be impossible to fly to that city because of its high altitude and thin air . The article was published during an era when aerostat popularity was rising in Europe, and some Mexicans had successfully flown them in the northern areas of the country. The exact year remains unclear, but most historical articles report that Braniff flew his airplane over Mexico City between 1908 and 1910. Apart from being the first pilot to fly an airplane over Mexico City, he made history by becoming both the first pilot to fly an airplane in Mexico and in Latin America . Later on, other luminaries such as Argentina s Jorge Newbery and Peru s Jorge Chavez followed Braniff as famous Latin American aviators. Alberto Braniff, by most accounts, led a quiet ... more details
File Julius Barasch.jpg thumb upright Iuliu Barasch. Iuliu Barasch or Bara 1815 1863 was a Galicia Central Europe Galician born Jew ish physician and writer who made his career in Romania . Biography Born in Brody into a Hasidic Judaism Hasidic family as Yehuda ben Mordehai Barasch. He studied Philosophy at the University of Leipzig and took his doctorate at the University of Berlin . Barasch tried to settle in Moldavia , but the authorities refused to give him the right to practice medicine and as such he settled in Wallachia , being firstly, in 1842, a physician in C l ra i , then in 1845, in Craiova and finally settling in Bucharest , starting teaching natural sciences at the Saint Sava Academy in 1852 and then a professor at Bucharest s School of Medicine and Pharmacy. ref Manolescu, p. 208 ref Beside working as a doctor, became a Radicalism historical radical and ardent Romanian Patriotism patriot . A friend of C.A. Rosetti and Ion Heliade R dulescu . He was a popularizer of medicine medical science and of science natural science in general, and the first History of the Jews in Romania Jewish Romanian journalist. In 1856 1859 he edited a journal Isis sau Natura Isis or Nature , the first popular science magazine in Romania. The magazine published studies of astronomy, hypothetical articles about the plurality of worlds or about the most popular inventions of the time, such as aerostat and submarine submarine ships . ref Manolescu, p. 209 210 ref In 1857, he started work editing Israelitul Rom n , a magazine that was to remain in print for almost 100 years. Barasch was also the founder of the first children s hospital in Bucharest. He is memorialized in Bucharest s historically Jewish V c re ti, Bucharest V c re ti neighborhood the Bara eum Theater , now home to the State Jewish Theater Romania State Jewish Theater the adjoining Bara eum clinic and the street that runs in front of the theater, formerly Ionescu de la Brad, now str. Dr. Iuliu Barasch. Publication ... more details
refimprove date June 2009 Infobox Disney attraction name Golden Zephyr logo Golden Zephyr Logo.png image Golden Zephyr from Jellyfish.jpg caption park Disney California Adventure Park land Paradise Pier designer Walt Disney Imagineering manufacturer type theme Seaside Boardwalk br 1940 s Era control system propulsion soft opened opened February 8, 2001 closed host music vehicle type Rocket vehicle names guests per vehicle cars per vehicle 6 guests per car 12 duration 1 30 length attraction height ft 90 track height speed height requirement site area lift count custom label 1 custom value 1 custom label 2 Environmental Restrictions custom value 2 Light Winds sponsor fastpass single rider accessible transfer accessible yes assistive listening cc Golden Zephyr is an attraction at Paradise Pier in Disney California Adventure Park . Themed to the Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon style rocket ships, it takes park guests on a relaxing trip. Unlike its cousins Dumbo and the Astro Orbitor next door in Disneyland Park Anaheim Disneyland Park , the Golden Zephyr rockets are controlled by centripetal motion over Paradise Bay and can not be automatically controlled to go up and down. The Golden Zephyr s design comes from the Harry Traver Circle Swing ref cite web title Traver Circle Swing url http www.flatrides.com Ride 20Index 20Pages circleswing.html publisher flatrides.com accessdate 2011 09 12 ref rides of the early 20th century, specifically the Aerostat Strat O Stat ride that operated at Riverview Park Chicago Riverview Park in Chicago. In designing the ride, Disney engineers visited Blackpool Pleasure Beach Pleasure Beach in Blackpool , England to examine the Captive Flying Machines, a similar but much larger ride designed by Sir Hiram Maxim , and which has operated there since 1904. Unfortunately, the ride cannot operate at constant wind speeds over Convert 10 mph , or gusts over Convert 15 mph . This attraction, along with Jumpin Jellyfish will not be removed nor changed as ... more details
Use dmy dates date February 2012 The AN APG 66 radar is a solid state electronics solid state medium range up to 150 km Pulse doppler radar originally designed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation now Northrop Grumman for use in the F 16 Fighting Falcon . This radar was employed in all domestic and export versions of the F 16 A B models throughout the production. Subsequent upgrades have been installed in many varying aircraft types, including the U.S. Customs and Border Protection s C 550 Cessna Citation , US Navy P 3 Orion , and Piper PA 42 Cheyenne II s, as well as the Small Aerostat Surveillance System SASS . The radar system consists of the following line replaceable unit s Antenna radio Antenna Transmitter Low power radio frequency Digital signal processor Radar computer Specifications Frequency 6.2 to 10.9 GHz Search cone 120 degrees 120 degrees Azimuth angular coverage 10 degrees 30 degrees 60 degrees Weight 98 to 135 kg depending on configuration Volume 0.08 m to 0.102 m depending on configuration Variants APG 66 V Employed in select US Navy P 3 Orion aircraft as part of a Counter Drug Update CDU for Counter narcotics CN surveillance and interdiction operations in support of USCG ref NAVAIR 01 75PAC 1.1, NFO AIRCREW NATOPS FLIGHT MANUAL NAVY MODEL P 3A B C AIRCRAFT ref APG 66 T47 installed in Cessna OT 47 B. APG 66 V 2 upgrade of base radar deloped for the F 16 Fighting Falcon Block 15 Mid Life Update program. New signal processor, higher output power, improved reliability. Range in clutter jamming environment increased to 83 km. ARG 1 AN APG 66 V 2 downgraded variant of the APG 66 Citation needed date February 2009 , designed for the Argentine Air Force A 4AR Fightinghawk APG 66 V 2A AN APG 66 V 2 with a new combined signal and data processor that provides seven times the speed and 20 times the memory of the older radar computer and digital signal processor line replaceable units. In this new variant, the displayed resolution in gro ... more details
http www.skysails.info english power power system ref Aerostat variety An aerostat type wind power ... lift over drag shapes for the aerostat can effectively keep an airborne turbine aloft a variety of such kiting balloons were made famous in the kytoon by Domina C. Jalbert . Aerostat Balloons can be added ... more details
Deleted image removed Image per richard.jpg right 300 px thumb Per Lindstrand right with Richard Branson in Miyakonojo , Japan , prior to their record breaking flight across the Pacific Ocean in the largest hot air balloon ever built and longest distance flight by a hot air balloon Lindstrand Balloons is a manufacturer of hot air balloons and other aerostat s. The company was started by Sweden Swedish born pilot and aeronautical designer Per Lindstrand in Oswestry , England, as Colt Balloons later Thunder & Colt Balloons, then Lindstrand Balloons in 1978. Lindstrand Balloons is known for its leading edge engineering, which includes sophisticated testing and production facilities. Of note, Lindstrand Balloons designed and built all of the hot air balloons flown by Per Lindstrand and Richard Branson on their record breaking flights first across the Atlantic Ocean in 1987 and then the Pacific Ocean in 1990. Lindstrand s then designed and built three Rozi re balloon s that Per Lindstrand and Branson and others, including aeronautical engineer Alex Ritchie, and adventurer, Steve Fossett used in their unsuccessful attempts to circumnavigate the Earth by balloon. Per Lindstrand played an instrumental role in making these flights possible, and was pilot for all of them. Ownership structure In the late 1990s, Cameron Balloons and its owner Don Cameron acquired two thirds ownership of Lindstrand Balloons. Cameron bought the majority stake in Lindstrand Balloons from Rory McCarthy, a British industrialist associated with Richard Branson, who had invested in Lindstrand to support Branson s series of record setting balloon flights. The remaining third of the company is owned by its founder Per Lindstrand. Despite Cameron s ownership, Lindstrand Balloons continues to operate as an independent company with separate management and its own distinct designs and products. Per Lindstrand also independently operates a separate company, Lindstrand Technologies , which designs and builds ... more details
Carol Ann Rymer Davis November 28, 1944 c. September 29, 2010 was an American balloonist , and radiologist . She and Richard Abruzzo won the 2004 Gordon Bennett Cup ballooning Gordon Bennet Cup . ref name autogenerated1 cite web url http news.blogs.cnn.com 2010 09 29 american balloonists missing during race over europe title American balloonists missing during race over Europe publisher News.blogs.cnn.com date accessdate 2010 10 11 ref She was awarded the 2005 Harmon Trophy . She was lost at sea on September 29, 2010, over the Adriatic Sea. ref cite web last Rizzo first Alessandra url http www.washingtontimes.com news 2010 oct 4 search ends missing us balloonists title Search ends for missing U.S. balloonists publisher Washington Times date 2010 10 04 accessdate 2010 10 11 ref Her body, along with that of Abruzzo, was found off the coast of Italy in the Adriatic Sea on December 6, 2010. ref name found http news.sky.com skynews Article 201012115848431 Bodies Of Missing Balloonists Found In Sea Sky News ref Life Rymer Davis was born in Denver, Colorado . She graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor s degree, and from the University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado Health Sciences Center with a MD. She completed her residency at the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Lovelace Medicine Center . She was a partner at Diversified Radiology. She served 22 years in the United States Army Reserve as a flight surgeon and retired as a colonel in 2001. She was awarded the 1981 Diploma Montgolfier. ref cite web url http www.gasballooning.org Biographies carol rymer davis.htm title Carol Rymer Davis publisher Gasballooning.org date accessdate 2010 10 11 ref She was an instructor at the Albuquerque Aerostat Ascension Association Ground School, from 1982 to 1986. ref cite web author url http sports.rightpundits.com ?p 5243 title Carol Rymer Davis US Balloonist publisher Sports.rightpundits.com date accessdate 2010 10 11 ref With Richard Abruzzo she received ... more details
Expand further date February 2012 EOS XI is an Italy Italian Unmanned Aerial Vehicle designed for civilian use, developed and manufactured by NIMBUS Srl. ref Il drone ultraleggero , Panorama, January 13, 2012 ref ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki List of UAV 27s List of unmanned aerial vehicles , Wikipedia, EN ref ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki File MetaplaneInFlight1.PNG ref ref http www.finmeccanica.it Corporate EN Corporate Press and Media News Finmeccanica 30 09 2011 index.sdo Tre UAV nello spazio aereo civile, un record europeo , FINMECCANICA, September 30, 2011 ref EOS XI is an example of the hybrid air vehicle designed in the configuration of the metaplane See also metaplane Aeronautics Aerostat Aircraft Heavier than air aerodynes Aerodyne Hybrid airship UAV References references Other sources M. Morrison, http www.flightglobal.com articles 2007 11 13 219316 italy special beyond turin.html Scene 1 Italy special beyond Turin , Flightglobal, November 13, 2007 http www.turinmarathon.it home page le gare tutta dritta news articolo articolo nimbus eos xi 352 NIMBUS EOS XI , TURIN MARATHON, Tutta Dritta, December 18, 2009 http ict skymedia.blogspot.com 2011 07 skymedia and nimbus at protec 2011.html SkyMedia and Nimbus at PROTEC 2011 , SkyMedia, Tuesday, July 19, 2011 A. Nassisi, Progetto di un sistema di georeferenziazione e visualizzazione di flussi video , Politecnico di Torino, 2009 D. Tr ves, Progetto di una Ground Control Station di un Unmanned Aerial System , Politecnico di Torino, 2009 K. Plucinski, Simulatore di volo light UAV la missione progetto SMAT F1 , Technologie e Servizi per la Protezione Civile e Ambientale, PROTEC, Torino, June 30, 2011 A. Pascale, Processi di certificazione di un UAV secondo la normativa CS VLA , Politecnico di Torino, 2011 Il drone ultraleggero , Panorama, January 13, 2012 Media appearance http www.rai.tv dl RaiTV programmi media ContentItem 198889c1 ece7 431c a836 41998afb0dc1.html p 0 TGR PIEMONTE , October 1, 2011 http www.finm ... more details
energy from the wind s kinetic energy are several. Lighter than air LTA moored aerostat ... for significant loads. Aerostat based HAWP One method of keeping working HAWP systems aloft ... www.twind.eu TWIND ref The Magenn aerostat is a vertical axis wind turbine held with its axis horizontal .... ref The LTA Windpower PowerShip uses lift from both an aerostat and wings. It operates close to neutral ... Aerostat LynnPotter pat20080290665PublishedApp.pdf Funneled Wind Turbine Aircraft ... toroidal aerostat, like putting a turbine in the hole of an aerostat donut. ref Airship power ... more details
Project Mogul sometimes referred to as Operation Mogul was a classified information top secret project by the United States Army Air Forces US Army Air Forces involving microphones flown on high altitude balloon s, whose primary purpose was long distance detection of sound wave s generated by Soviet Union Soviet nuclear testing atomic bomb tests . The project was carried out from 1947 until early 1949. The project was moderately successful, but was very expensive and was superseded by a network of seismic detectors and air sampling for fallout which were cheaper, more reliable, and easier to deploy and operate. Image Roswellmogulmap.png thumb Wreckage said by the Air Force to be consistent with launch number four was found 75 miles northwest of Roswell ref name LBL http muller.lbl.gov teaching physics10 Roswell USMogulReport.html Report on Project Mogul Synopsis of Balloon Research Findings by James McAndrew, 1st Lt, USAFR ref br A. Roswell B. Alamogordo C. Area of wreckage D. Albuquerque Project Mogul was conceived by Dr. Maurice Ewing who had earlier researched the deep sound channel in the oceans and theorized that a similar sound channel existed in the Earth s atmosphere upper atmosphere a certain height where the air pressure and temperature result in minimal speed of sound, so that sound waves would propagate and stay in that channel due to refraction . The project involved arrays of balloons carrying disc microphones and radio transmitters to relay the signals to the ground. It was supervised by Dr. James Peoples , who was assisted by Dr. Albert P. Crary . One of the requirements of the balloons was that they maintain a relatively constant altitude over a prolonged period of time. See aerostat . Thus instrumentation had to be developed to maintain such constant altitudes, such as pressure sensors controlling the release of buoyancy compensator aviation ballast . The early Mogul balloons consisted of large clusters of rubber Weather balloon meteorological ball ... more details
File NASA NSF super pressure balloon.jpg thumb A super pressure balloon in flight A superpressure balloon is a style of aerostat aerostatic balloon aircraft balloon where the volume of the balloon is kept relatively constant in the face of changes in the temperature of the contained lifting gas . This allows the balloon to keep a stable altitude for long periods. This is in contrast with much more common variable volume balloons, which are either only partially filled with lifting gas, or made with more elastic materials. In a variable volume balloon, the volume of the lifting gas changes due to heating and cooling in the Diurnal temperature variation diurnal cycle. The cycle is magnified by a greenhouse effect inside the balloon, while the surrounding atmospheric gas is subject to a much more limited cyclical temperature change. As the lift gas e.g. heats and expands, the Displacement fluid displacement of atmospheric gas increases, while the balloon weight remains constant. Its buoyancy increases, and this leads to a rise in altitude unless it is compensated by venting gas. Conversely, if the balloon cools and drops, it becomes necessary to release Buoyancy compensator aviation ballast . Since both ballast and gas are finite, there is a limit to how long a variable volume balloon can compensate in order to stabilize its altitude. In contrast, a superpressure balloon will change altitude much less without compensation maneuvres. ref name NASA http www.space travel.com reports Successful Flight Of NASA Prototype Super Pressure Balloon In Antarctica 999.html Successful Flight Of NASA Prototype Super Pressure Balloon In Antarctica, www.space travel.com, Jan 27, 2009 ref Since the volume of the balloon is more constrained, so is the volume of air displaced by it. In accordance with the buoyancy Archimedes principle Principle of Archimedes , the upwards force on the balloon is equal to the weight of the displaced ambient gas. But the specific gravity weight of the atmos ... more details
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