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G2 Solutions @ July 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Singapore Airlines has officially opted for the Cessna Citation Mustang; a total of five Mustangs will be delivered from 2010 and will be based at Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland where SK trains approximately 200 pilots per year. Additionally, two full flight motion simulators (level D) will also be installed in 2010.
G2 Solutions @ July 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
DoD Buzz ran this story last week about the COIN Air Wing looking increasingly likely in the near term. While the Air Force is likely to go for an existing OTS solution, a look back at the USAF PAVE COIN in the early 1980s produced this very interesting design from Piper Aircraft. Worth another look? [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
EADS has completed a portion of its Barracuda ISR/Strike UAS flight test program from Goose Bay in Canada between July 10th and July 24th.
Photos: EADS
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From Flightglobal
By Will Horton
Today, on 24 July at 1751 BST, the Apollo 11 Command Module capsule Columbia splashed down in the Pacific Ocean safely returning to the surface of the Earth its three crew and so completing the first manned Moon landing mission. Columbia landed 44.4nm (24km) from the US Navy ship USS Hornet that had [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 24, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Thanks to Bill Sweetman for this reality check; I think he is entirely correct when he says “the bigger factor was that Congress suddenly realized that they were running against a President with whom the mainstream media are infatuated.”
The Memes That Killed The F-22
It would take a roomful of media scholars a month to [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 23, 2009 # No Comment Yet
China Defense has posted two photos of the roll out of the J-10B in PLAAF colors. Most visible differences of course are the air intake and IRST.
Photo credit: China Defense
G2 Solutions @ July 22, 2009 # No Comment Yet
A short career indeed… The French Air Force has finally retired the last of its Embraer Tucanos. 50 aircraft had been acquired from Brazil in 1994 to replace the venerable and, some would say, irreplaceable Fouga Magisters stationed at the French Air Force Academy in Salon de Provence.
The French Air Force will now consolidate primary [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 21, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Twitter has become the ultimate expression of media dumb down and the insatiable need for attention that appears to have settled in the minds of many nowadays. Hear this, nobody really cares about what you are doing. A perfect example is the F-22 public debate, if one can call this a debate, since [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 19, 2009 # No Comment Yet
From Left to right: Mission Commander Neil Armstrong (LTJG USN (Ret)-NACA-NASA), Command Pilot Module Michael Collins - Maj General USAF (Ret) - and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin - Colonel USAF (Ret).
G2 Solutions @ July 16, 2009 # No Comment Yet
NASA Radio Live: Listen to the Apollo 11 Mission
G2 Solutions @ July 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
According to Bloomberg:
The Pentagons strategy for purchasing a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers may not be announced until September, spokesman Geoff Morrell said. The decision is lagging because we want to make darn sure we get it right, Morrell told reporters at a briefing today.
Photos: Northrop Grumman -Boeing
G2 Solutions @ July 15, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Photo: NASA
Listen to the NASA Radiocast of the entire mission beginning July 16
Mission Transcripts
G2 Solutions @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Courtesy of DoD Buzz. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) articulates his points much better than last week’s mediocre Washington Post article.
Let me respond to arguments raised during this debate on the F-22.
Argument: 187 F-22s will not meet operational demands at an acceptable level of risk. In the view of some Air Force officials (Air Combat Command [...]
G2 Solutions @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Flightglobal’s Mary Kirby reports this morning that studies are now underway at Embraer for a new narrowbody aircraft.
Embraer is talking to General Electric, Rolls-Royce and Pratt & Whitney about new-generation engines to power a potential clean-sheet airliner design under study which is larger than the E-Jet family, a top Embraer official reveals.
G2 Solutions @ July 14, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Dassault, Boeing and Northrop Grumman Products above the Champs Elysées. French Commentaries only.
Associated Press TV Report
First Group: French Air Force Aerobatic Team. 9 Dassault Alphajets
Second Group: First “chevron” 5 Dassault Mirage 2000-5s + 2 Dassault Rafales, second “chevron” 3 Dassault Alphajets + 2 Dassault Mirage F1s. 7+5 symbolizing the 75th anniversary of the French Air [...]
