PASSENGERS DID BELIEVE THEIR AIRCRAFT WOULD CRASH

Posté le 18 janvier 2012 de Toni G.

Scary flight onboard British Airways BA 0206 – It happened over the Atlantic Ocean at 35,000 feet on Friday January 13, 2012 at 03.00 AM.

The passengers were given the scare of their lives by an emergency message which said that the aircraft was about to crash into the ocean, and that they have to brace themselves for impact. It just was not true, as the message was pre-taped, and was sent-out by mistake. The flight attendants dashed into the cabin to calm down the panic surging. Then, an announcement added that such warnings – if re-iterated – should be diregarded.

British Airways has apologized to the people who were onboard BA 0206 for this incident. Watch the video:

HOW to SURVIVE an AIRCRASH

Posté le 5 janvier 2012 de Toni G.

Cours d’anglais aéronautique sur FCL ANGLAIS

This video shows how you can survive an airplane crash.

In case you are caught up in an air disaster situation, this is what you need:

an aisle seat or one close to it
long-sleeved pants and top;
and flat closed-toe shoes;
and a smoke hood or a wet washcloth

Click on the video hereafter:

If you need the transcript, it is available here: Transcript-link (below the video)

U.S. drone captured in Iran

Posté le 12 décembre 2011 de Toni G.

The USAF RQ-170 Sentinel – ISR (Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance) + Ground-attack stealth drone – recently captured in Iran should remain indefinitely according to the latest news:

“No one returns the symbol of aggression to the party that sought secret and vital intelligence related to the national security of a country,” Iranian General Hossein Salami said.

Nothing more was revealed but the U.S. Air Force admitted that the UAV would have had a malfunction on its course to Iran after leaving Afghanistan. The pictures of the fuselage cannot show evidence of shooting down, and nothing proves what the Iranian officials suggested about EW (Electronic Warfare) means which might have brought down the drone to the ground perhaps by jamming.

To be continued…

PEARL HARBOR ATTACK & WWII

Posté le 7 décembre 2011 de Toni G.

The Pearl Harbor Attack(called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters – Operation Z in planning – and the Battle of Pearl Harbor) happened on Sunday December 7, 1941 ie 70 years ago. Here is a video of remembrance of the infamous day which dragged the United States of America into World War II:

Pearl Harbor: A Landmark in History, part 5 from Pacific Historic Parks on Vimeo.

SAAB’s RAPID 3D MAPPING for Military Aircraft

Posté le 16 novembre 2011 de Toni G.

RAPID 3D MAPPING is a superior awareness system able to generate three dimensional maps. It processes pictures shot by digital and thermal sensors added to live georeferenced data onboard aircraft; drones; and helicopters.

It was chosen by the SDMA – Swedish Defence Materiel Administration – in order to provide 3D imagery to Gripen simulators last year.

The images can be compared several hours apart to establish whether threats can be considered in the latest analysis. As you can see in this video, the result looks quite accurate and useful for network centric warfare (NCW) purposes: