The Space Shuttle Columbia accident occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia re-entered the Earth’s atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission. The disaster was set in motion when a frozen piece of foam dislodged from the main propellant tank during launch, striking the left wing and damaging the leading edge. That damage allowed the heat from re-entry to enter the interior space of the wing and destroy the internal structure. Amazingly, a video recording of a portion of the re-entry, shot by the astronauts themselves, survives.
Here are a few aircraft and helicopter Photoshop brushes I’ve made from some U.S Government DOD EPS images. I hope you find them useful.
Even though I’m not flying currently due to economic conditions, I may have to get this pilot gadget just for the sake of the cool interface the developers implemented. For the uninitiated ground-pounder, it’s a pilot’s flight calculator that takes the place of a unique and surprisingly fun to use, circular slide rule called an E6B.
The interface of this iPhone PFMA is modeled to have the same look and feel of a Flight Management System (FMS) that you might find in a commercial aircraft. When you consider that the metal version costs about $25.00, and a student grade cardboard E6B costs about $12.00, you can’t ask for a better bargain than $6.00. John Ewing over at Aviation Mentor gives it a very favorable recommendation and that’s enough for me.
Sort of. It was actually a kilometer, the first one flown around a predetermined course in a powered aircraft. It was done by French aviator Henry Farman on January 13, 1908 and averaged just over 25 miles per hour. Viva la France!
Flying | Jeff Bucchino | 
February 1, 2010 12:06 pm | 
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