New sensors set up to prevent from FODs on the tarmac are being tested by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/business/23runway.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Taken from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
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New sensors set up to prevent from FODs on the tarmac are being tested by the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration):
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/23/business/23runway.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Taken from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com
© BBC reports that small UAVs would be sent off US shore to research hurricanes. The FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) has not cleared those drones to fly over CONUS (Continental USA) so far: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7421297.stm
Michel Fournier tested his radio connection that also will ensure physiological monitoring, as a video connection through the helmet onboard his « gondola » was tested too. Everything looked OK, but the weather compelled to postpone the Frenchman’s feat a bit later. Now it looks OK again.
64-year old parachutist Michel FOURNIER should presently jump at a speed of 1.4 Mach at Flight Level 1320 (about 40 km, or 132,000 ft), almost over the ozone layer !!!
GO MICHEL ! GO and make a historical sonic boom as Chuck Yeager did!
The balloon is being inflated. Wait and see…