How it’s made – Airplane
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Jet fuel R&D
Mark Laber, left, a University of Dayton research partner, examines the expansion of aircraft seals using synthetic fuels. One of the uses of current aviation fuel is to swell seals found throughout the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Desiree N. Palacios)
Airman Magazine – Jet fuel is strange. It needs to have seemingly contradictory properties to make it useful. It can’t freeze. It can’t have a low flashpoint or easily vaporize. Yet, it must have a tremendous amount of energy for its volume and lubricate and seal fuel lines in aircraft. In the more than 30 years the Air Force has been studying its primary aircraft fuel, known as JP-8, scientists are still learning new things.
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German Stealth bomber made up of wood
Successful AIBORNE LASER missile engagement
8/18/2009 – EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California – The Missile Defense Agency’s
20090810 USAF photo Jim Shryne – YAL-1A Airborne Laser aircraft
Airborne Laser YAL -1A prototype aircraft successfully acquired, tracked, provided atmospheric compensation and simulated the directed energy kill sequence against an instrumented boosting missile target using three onboard low-power lasers on August 10.
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Flying Cheaper and Safety Concerns
Sorry, the previous video was deleted. This one is worth watching: