Archive for the 'Aviation Information' Category

Cracking Aircraft Windows with Directed Sound Waves

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Today our modern military scientists have found many uses for directed energy beams. Some of these uses include communication, non-lethal weapons and high-energy lasers. Directed sound waves and harmonics maybe the answer to stopping manned aircraft in the battlespace on its way to find our blue force as its next target. Using such directed waves [...]

Making a Mechanical Manta with Material Memory Manufacturing Methods

Monday, April 13th, 2009

I propose building a mechanical manta ray as a Underwater Unmanned Vehicle; UUV. The manta ray will have air tanks inside of its wings and a sound device, which will also operate a sonar and an ELF communication system. The air tanks will be flexible rubber type tanks with an array of gases which when [...]

Lockheed Loitering Missile Expandable Wing Concept

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Smart Missiles are expensive, but effective. Efficiency in the the new paradigm of the net-centric warfare will yield results to those who pay attention and do not waste assets.
I propose that we add to the wing area of the newest Lockheed Martin Marietta Loitering Missile to allow for maximum loitering time in the battlespace and [...]

Aerodynamic Inflatable Wing Gates for STOL

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Low speed flight characteristic are crucial to safety. Those aircraft that have good flight characteristics at low speeds are favored by pilots and the companies, military, NGO or private individuals who operate them. One way to increase positive slow speed flight characteristics is to install vertical gates on top of the wings of the aircraft [...]

Inflatable Slots for STOL

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Short Take Off and Landing Aircraft are extremely valuable in commercial, private, government and military aviation. It is important for safety and for performance. I propose inflatable slots to increase the short take off and landing performance of aircraft. I propose a kit, which can be installed on any aircraft, which can be run thru [...]

Inflatable Aircraft Wing Camber Modification

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Every aircraft is a compromise. It is either built to fly fast or slow to land in tight distances and carry more weight. It is a jet or propeller driven craft. It costs a lot with high tech materials or it is simplistic and has less performance. Aircraft are built for many reasons, each one [...]

Several Facts to Obtaining Cheap Airfares

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Airfares
Need a vacation but dont want to stay around town? Want to go somewhere exotic, somewhere different? Want to fly but worried about the airfare? Sourcing the cheapest airfare available has been made easier with competition growing between travel agencies as people realize that a vacation need not be all that expensive. Airfare can be [...]

How to Save on Airfare

Monday, April 13th, 2009

The Internet has provided a revolution in the way people shop for airfares. What used to be the province only of connected travel agents is now the province of every Internet connected traveler. Recent studies have shown that online airfare shoppers visit more than three sites on average to shop for airfares.
What many of these [...]

Budget Airlines - Cheap Airfares for Flights around Europe can Reduce Your Vacation Costs

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Here’s a good tip to help cut the cost of flying to many European cities and make your dollar go a little bit further.
With the current high value of the euro, it has become increasingly expensive for Americans to take a vacation in Europe. Since 2002, the euro currency has appreciated over 45% against the [...]

Do Jet Lag Diets Work?

Monday, April 13th, 2009

Anti jet lag diets have been around for some time now, but do they work?
Perhaps the best know anti jet lag diet is the Argonne Diet, developed at the Argonne National Laboratory in 1982. Over the years thousands of people have downloaded copies of this diet online and it is reputed to have been used [...]