Altair Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
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Updates:
May 31, 2007
Website:
- Selected Past Updates
– This section of the SLAC website has many articles and links which have
been published since the updates started on July 28, 2005. They cover Aviation Stuff; Museums;
Other stuff; Paragliding & Sky Diving; Ships; Space photos. We recommend that you browse through
these many fine articles, videos and photos. Most of them have been contributed by SLAC members.
- Chandler Airport Commission Minutes
– Meeting April 11, 2007
- News of interest to the members
Aviation Stuff:
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Aerobatics
– (Video 6.1 mb) Excellent show – Courtesy of member Cliff Rosch
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Kite
Aerobatics Video 9.1 mb) Three large kites under amazing control. Courtesy of member Bob Earl.
·
FA37 – Latest Mach 4 super-cruise stealth fighter/bomber/interceptor with approximately a
4,000nm range.
Awesome. – Courtesy of member Bob Earl.
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Landing
at Tegucigalpa, Honduras – (Video 4.7 mb) Watch this American Airliner land in 5,800 feet in a
crosswind. Courtesy of member Bob Earl.
·
User
Fees – The continuing effort by the airlines to pass User Fees onto General
Aviation.
·
Osprey
in Flight – (Slide show 3.5 mb) Great photos of this remarkable aircraft in
flight.
Courtesy of member Dick O’Brien.
·
STOL
– Short Take Off and Landing – (Video 4.1 mb) Wow! Courtesy of member Eugene Evans.
·
Weather Wise: Ceiling and
Visibility – A course On “What
Are Aviation’s Deadliest Killers”?
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Paragliding – Courtesy of Marc Chirico.
Paragliding Pictorial
at a Glance– Some interesting facts and data about Paragliding. Click to enlarge.
First
Flight – Interesting narrative
by a lady author.
Other
Stuff:
·
It’s
Hard To Come Home From War – (Slides 1.0 mb) Courtesy
of member Gary Vacin.
·
Registered
Sex Offenders - This link will enable you to see (Includes photo)
all of the Sex Offenders
within an area. Put in any postal
address & zip code. There are 8 in area
code 85248. Alert your grandchildren.
·
For the horse lovers among us, you gotta see this
clip. This video is of Andreas Helgstrand and his 9 year-old mare, Matinee, at
the World Equestrian Games. It is the Musical Freestyle Dressage competition,
and they pretty much wiped the floor with everyone. Turn up the
sound and watch this mare dance... she is amazing. The finale is
incredible. Keep an eye on her tail as she moves it to the beat of the
music! Courtesy
of Doug Nelson. Equestrian
,Games
·
Cool
Pictures – Strange houses, etc.
Courtesy of member Elton Dyal
·
20
Ways To Maintain a Healthy Level of Insanity. Courtesy of Cliff Rosch.
·
How
Long Do We Have? From Bondage to
Liberty and Back to Bondage.
·
The
Cold War – It’s heating up!
·
The Following Are
Courtesy of member Eugene Evans:
Snowboarding
– (Video 3.1 mb)– Ouch!
Remove
a Cork from the inside of a Bottle –
(Video 4.4 mb) Easy when you know the
secret.
Scotch
Tape Figures – (Photos 2.9 mb)
Puppeteers
(Video 3.7 mb)
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the near future, however they were accessible at the time of this update.
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