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Facts about Flight Instruction

Pilots can be classified into nine categories: airline transport, student, sport, recreational, private, instrument-rated, commercial, certified flight instructor, and designated pilot examiner. By achieving better ratings, you can advance via these various skill levels.

This rating system specifies the types of aircraft you are permitted to fly, whether you are permitted to transport passengers, and the types of weather you are permitted to fly in. Even before you can be recruited as a pilot, you must obtain a rating. Additionally, before flying, every pilot needs to have a valid certificate of good health from a doctor recognised by the FAA.

The student pilot certificate serves as the first step in flight instruction. You must pass a written test, an oral test, a ground school exam, and a flight test in order to obtain this certification and any following certifications (also known as your pilot's licence). In the beginning, aspiring pilots fly with an approved flying instructor. You will be given the green light to fly alone once you have mastered a set of fundamental skills. Every student flight must occur close to their "home" airport. You are permitted to travel to and from another airport with your instructor's approval, however a student pilot is not permitted to transport people.

You must be 17 years old to upgrade your rating to that of a sport, recreational, or private pilot. Recreational pilots must stay within 58 miles of their home airport unless they receive the express instructor consent. They fly only for leisure.

Sport and recreational pilots are only permitted to fly in airspace that allows communication with air traffic controllers, and they are only permitted to carry one passenger. Recreational pilots can apply for airspace. Many pilots continue on to the private pilot rating, which has fewer restrictions, at this point. Contact a flight school and speak to a flight instructor for further details on the more advanced stages of flight instruction and learn to fly.

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Abandoned R-10 tail No 3 1941.

Kharkiv R-10 (KhAI-5), sometimes Neman R-10 was a Soviet reconnaissance and light bomber aircraft, designed in the mid-1930s in the Kharkiv Aviation Institute (KhAI, - in Ukrainian: ХАІ), under the direction of Iosif Grigorevich Nyeman (sometimes written as Neman).The first prototype of the plane, with a factory designation KhAI-5 (ХАІ-5), flew in June 1936. Despite a lower performance, the aircraft won a contest against another reconnaissance plane design, the Kochyerigin R-9, and was accepted for a production with the military designation R-10 ('R' indicated razvyedchik meaning reconnaissance in Russian). It was a modern design for the time. 493 R-10s were manufactured in the Kharkiv and Saratov aviation plants by early 1940. The first series showed some teething problems, which resulted in Iosif Nyeman being arrested by the NKVD on December 11, 1938 under the accusation of sabotage and espionage, a common accusation at the time.

In 1938 a variant, the KhAI-5bis was tested with an M-25E engine, achieving a speed of 425 km/h (264 mph). In 1938, the KhAI-52 ground attack aircraft, based on the R-10, was also developed. It was powered by a Shvetsov M-63 670 kW (900 hp) radial engine and armed with seven machine guns and 400 kg (880 lb) bombs. A production run of an experimental series of 10 aircraft was prepared, but it was cancelled with Nyeman's arrest.

Some production R-10s were fitted with more powerful Tumansky M-88, Shvetsov M-62 and M-63 engines. Over 60 aircraft, withdrawn from the Air Force, were used from 1940 as mail carriers by Aeroflot, under the designation PS-5 (Russian: ПС-5), with 3 passenger seats.

Combat use[edit]

The aircraft entered service in the Soviet Air Force in 1937, replacing some Polikarpov R-5s. R-10s were first used in combat in the 1939 Soviet-Japanese Battle of Khalkhin Gol. Then, they were used in the initial stage of World War II, starting with use in the invasion of Poland (without combat encounters) and against Finland in the Winter War (1939–1940). R-10s were next used in the first period of the German-Soviet war, following the German attack on June 22, 1941. By this time, they were outdated and suffered heavy losses, as did the rest of the Soviet Air Force. Many planes were destroyed on the ground. They were used as tactical reconnaissance aircraft, and, in need, also as light bombers. Later many were used as night bombers, to reduce losses from opposing fighters. The remaining R-10s were withdrawn from combat service in 1943 although two Finnish pilots claimed R-10s in 1944.

The aircraft was conventional in layout, with a low mounted, plywood-covered wooden cantilever wing. The fuselage was of semi-monococ construction. The undercarriage retracted into the wings. The crew consisted a pilot and an observer/rear gunner in a turret with a single machine gun. In the observer compartment's floor there was an AFA-13 camera for reconnaissance duties. Between the crew compartments there were fuel tanks and a vertical bomb bay. The maximum bomb load was 300 kg (660 lb) (6 × 50 kg (110 lb) or 10 × 25 kg (55 lb) bombs). The plane was powered by various variants of the Shvetsov M-25 and related M-63 radial engines, a development of the Wright R-1820 built under licence, which spun an all-metal two-bladed Hamilton Standard variable-pitch propeller.

Via Flickr

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Disappearance of Frederick Valentich

Frederick Valentich (9 June 1958 - c. 21 October 1978) had about 150 total hours' flying time and held a class-four instrument rating, which authorised him to fly at night, but only "in visual meteorological conditions." He had twice applied to enlist in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) but was rejected because of inadequate educational qualifications. He was a member of the RAAF Air Training Corps, determined to have a career in aviation. Valentich was studying part-time to become a commercial pilot but had a poor achievement record, having twice failed all five commercial licence examination subjects, and as recently as the month before his disappearance had failed three more commercial licence subjects. He had been involved in flying incidents, for example, straying into a controlled zone in Sydney, for which he received a warning, and twice deliberately flying into a cloud, for which prosecution was being considered. According to his father, Guido, Valentich was an ardent believer in UFOs and had been worried about being attacked by them. The destination of Valentich's final flight was King Island, but his motivation for the flight is unknown. He told flight officials that he was going to King Island to pick up some friends, while he told others that he was going to pick up crayfish. Later investigations found both stated reasons to be untrue. Valentich had also failed to inform King Island Airport of his intention to land there, going against "standard procedure".

 A Cessna 182 similar to the aircraft involved Valentich radioed Melbourne air traffic control at 7:06 pm to report that an unidentified aircraft was following him at 4,500 feet (1,400 m). He was told there was no known traffic at that level. Valentich said he could see a large unknown aircraft which appeared to be illuminated by four bright landing lights. He was unable to confirm its type, but said it had passed about 1,000 feet (300 m) overhead and was moving at high speed. Valentich then reported that the aircraft was approaching him from the east and said the other pilot might be purposely toying with him. Valentich said the aircraft was "orbiting" above him and that it had a shiny metal surface and a green light on it. Valentich further reported that he was experiencing engine problems. Asked to identify the aircraft, Valentich radioed, "It's not an aircraft." His transmission was then interrupted by unidentified noise described as being "metallic, scraping sounds" before all contact was lost.

A sea and air search was undertaken that included oceangoing ship traffic, an RAAF Lockheed P-3 Orion aircraft, plus eight civilian aircraft. The search encompassed over 1,000 square miles. Search efforts ceased on 25 October 1978 without result.

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DFW C.Vc '17077/17' by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: The collection of German WW1 aircraft at Krakow is impressive, to say the least. Some 3,250 DFW C.V were built, and this is one of 1250 actually built by Aviatik with the designation C.V(Av). It is the only remaining C.V of any type and is c/n 473. The restored fuselage is on display in the 'WW1' hangar at the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego. Krakow, Poland. 23-8-2013. It's history is given in the following info taken from the museum website:- "The German DFW C.V was a two seat scout biplane, of an all wooden construction. It was created by Karl Saberski - Mussigbrodt in 1916 at the DFW Works in Leipzig as the development of the earlier, DFW D I construction. The DFW aircraft, characterised with stability and durability, were equal in performance to fighters. The stiff and light construction of the fuselage was achieved thanks to the use of the multi coated stressed skin, made of the fabric reinforced veneer strips; also, the boards and the bottom were made of the glued veneer - it allowed to resign from the deficit plywood. The aerodynamically refined fuselage housed the Bz IV Benz, or the compression ratio upgraded Bz IVa Benz engines, which allowed the aircraft to operate at 5000 metres altitude, remaining beyond a reach of a fighter. The DFW aircraft were produced in the years 1916 - 1918, at the mother works as well as on licence at the Aviatik Works, the LVG Works, and the Halberstadt Works. The total number of the aircraft built is not known, however the estimative data mention some 3250 aircraft. The DFW C.V's were used for reconnaissance, observation, liaison and photo intelligence. They flew on the Western front, in Italy, Macedonia, Palestine and on the Eastern front. Everywhere, they were praised as excellent machines. By the end of the war, they were used as school aircraft. After the end of the hostilities, some saved machines were handed over to the civil company - Deutsche-Luft-Rederei. In Poland, after regaining independence, about 63 captured or bought aircraft were utilised. Because of the flight characteristics, they had a good reputation among Polish pilots, however the upgraded compression ratio engines were troublesome. During the Polish - Bolshevik War, the aircraft were used for combat missions. Apart from being in service with the flights, they flew also at the Higher Officers School in Poznań and the Aviation Observers Officers School in Toruń. As school aircraft they flew until 1923. The displayed, 17077/17 aircraft is the only one saved. It was produced in 1917, at the Aviatik Works. A destroyed fuselage without wings was restored in Krakow in the years 1998 - 1999. The original multi layers fuselage construction was recreated and the aircraft was brought back to its original outlook, received in 1918 after the last war overhaul at the Bork & Mark Workshops."

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Humans are Space Orcs “Thunderhawk”

Ok guys, I am finally back with a story and let me tell you, I had to do a lot of research to finally realize my cool idea isn’t scientifically freezable without some tweaking, making up new technology, and artistic licence. I had to do way more math for this than I wanted, so forgive me for any inaccuracies, I did my best, and I only had google to consult, so I hope you like it. 

Irus, home planet to the Rundi (the oldest race known to the universe, pinnacle of the law, and seat to the Galactic Assembly. It had survived billions of years in the light of a distant star sibling to 11 other planets revolving about its singularity. In those years of its existence, and the comparably short time in which the Rundi had ruled their solar system, they had set up hundreds and thousands of defense outposts manned by a constantly rotating batch of mechanics and engineers tasked with maintaining the vast defense nexus that kept their planet safe. If it weren’t for the Rundi, their planet would have been obliterated thousands of years ago as their solar system was in a slow binary rotation with another galactic anomaly constantly spitting rocks towards them at odd thousand year intervals.

Some of the nexus stations had been due for repairs for hundreds of years, kept at a constant state of near disrepair on behalf of the Rundi’s legendary and infuriating bureaucracy. Sure, you could blame the council for its foresight, or the engineers, but who could really blame them. Peaceful times made the watchers lax in their duties.

Someone was not manning their post that day. Sure, no one had needed to man that post in the last thousand years, but it didn’t matter. It was never determined who exactly it was that had shirked their duty that day and it was a freak coincidence that at this time, and at this place it was to happen…. Where that entire splinter of the nexus was obliterated in a single explosion unheralded by the proximity alerts that should have been put into place, and unhindered by the rail guns that should have ended the problem before it began.

When they were to know, they knew to late noticed only by armature star gazers, who, unlike their more professional counterparts, had their eyes turned to things close at hand. Even then, by the time the news reached the Assembly, it was far too late. They would have detached another splinter of the nexus and brought it to cross paths with the object, but as it was, a detachment would not have arrive in time. Perhaps they should have kept splinters of the nexus closer at hand for just such emergencies, but again, hindsight is 20/20.

As the center of galactic law, there were many visiting delegations from other planets, cargo ships, and auxiliary soldiers, but none of them were willing to stay long. As soon as they were alerted all delegations, representatives and friends of the council fled to their ships returning to the stars with all due haste. For a long moment the atmosphere was crowded with their panic as “Friends of the council” Fled leaving them to their inevitable fate on the face of the doomed planet. The airfields were silent and deserted.

Mass panic, overtook cities as thousands of civilians thronged their way towards any available civilian transport off planet. Crowds thronged ships, backed up onramps stuffed themselves inside until the ship was grounded due to sheer weight, and an inability to fly without the possibility of mass casualties. Rundi bureaucracy broke down as panic took over. And due to that panic thousands more were slated to die.

***

A team of soldiers quickly escorted the UN representative from the building. Captain Kelly was forced to shout over the roar of the engines, “Don’t worry Madam. President, we will have you out and into warp back to Earth long before the asteroid hits, though I daresay you have remained here far longer than I would have liked.”

The chairwoman of the Galactic assembly followed behind them at a dejected pace staring with a pained expression up into the sky as the last of the ships began takeoff. The humans were the last of the alien delegations to remain on planet, but the enterprise was already fueled and ready for takeoff. From where it sat on the staging ground, engines roaring, it rose above the sound of mass panic happening on all sides, but despite this, the human ship remained otherwise uncrowded as soldiers nervously patrolled its perimeter.

The President turned her head back towards the chairwoman an expression of clear agony on her face like none of the other delegates had yet to show, “But there must be something we can do… the ship has rail guns doesn’t it?”

“Yes, but we barely have enough time for takeoff and even less time to prepare the rail guns.” A hand was placed on her shoulder, “We cannot ask thousands of people to give up their lives like this.”

The chairwoman had to agree, the humans had done what they could. Their concern far outweighed that of the other delegates, and they had offered to take as many civilians aboard as they could in a certain amount of time trusting their abilities to control the scared throng.

It had almost failed, but they had done what they could, and now there was nothing more.

“But we aren’t doing nothing.” Captain Kelly responded as President turned as if in question. However, a firm had shoved her aboard the ship and turned to look at the Chairwoman motioning her after. But, Rundi shook her head slowly and sadly, “I cannot in good conscience leave my people as they die while I flee….. it was a pleasure….”

The Captain of the ship shook her head sadly before, “If it means anything, we leave you with one last hope.”  The chairwoman stood at the base of the ramp in confusion as the humans disappeared inside. She stepped back away from the ship just in time to see a line of soldiers march onto the grounds outside the ship. She stepped closer to see what was going on.

“You men are the last hope for this planet.” On closer inspection, she saw that all the humans were wearing the same tinted green spacesuits and grey helmets tucked under their arms, “No one is asking you to throw away your lives. You can board the ship right now, and no one will judge you. We are ASKING for volunteers. You will NOT be ordered to do this.” She watched in hopeless silence as the men stayed quiet. Behind them a row of strange human warships were being rolled down the line.

Silence.

The ma sighed, “Very well, on the ship, the lot of you.”

And that’s when she knew it was hopeless, not even the humans were willing to try it.

“WAIT…..” She turned at that moment shocked the voice was not coming from the line of men. From the top of the ramp, a light-haired figure bounded scrabbling with one of the grey helmets as he adjusted the suit around his chest. He tripped towards the bottom of the ramp, but the older human caught him, “Ada- Lieutenant.” The man said voice strained in a way she had never heard a human strain before, “Get your ass back on that ship.”

The young human shook his head, “No sir,” His voice cracked, “I have to….. I can’t let all these people die.”

The older human pulled the young man tight to his chest growling, “You stupid boy.” He pulled back, “I can’t ask you to do that. I promised your old man I wouldn’t let you die.”

“But you’re ok letting them die?” He wondered motioning to the other pilots, “No, sir, you asked for volunteers and…. And I’m volunteering.”

“You’ve never flown an active mission in your career son, this is suicide.”

***

What had he done? Inside the cockpit of the jet Lieutenant Vir sat slowly accelerating the thrusters gaining altitude after takeoff followed by only two other pilots. Three pilots in all. He took a deep breath slowing his shaking hands on the controls. All he could hear was his own breathing inside the mask as the ground receded below him. He closed his eyes for only a moment wondering about his mother, his father, his brothers. The F-16k’s computer sent a nerve impulse up his hand reminding him to stay focused as he opened his eyes.

His hands were sweating horribly. He slowly brought the jet upwards accelerating at appropriate speed. The F16k (Thunderhawk) was the first and only piloted jet capable of reaching escape velocity. It was expensive, it was rare and it was a terror to fly.

He had only ever done it in simulations.

It had your standard jet engine on it of course, but utilized psudofusion technology in order to reach the appropriate mach 33 or 33 times the speed of sound. He could feel his suit slowly constricting around his legs as his acceleration brought the Gs upwards. The small crafts accelerated much faster than the larger ship cutting the 15 minute breach time down to ten. He gritted his teeth against the acceleration and the rattling. The voice of the veteran pilots rang in his ears as they moved upwards in formation.

“Keep it together kid, you’re drifting.” One of the pilots commented, and he pulled her back on course doing his best to focus.

He was terrified.

Below them, thousands of stranded alien civilians watched their ascent, counting on them….. their last hope.

Why was it now that he suddenly needed to pee?

He was expected to save the world, and instead of being all cool and macho like he wanted, he was a terrified sweaty kid who was probably going to piss himself before this was over…. That wasn’t really how he pictured going out, and if he died they were going to find out that he had ruined a 50 million dollar space suit because he couldn’t control his bladder.

He would rather crash into the massive deadly space rock.

Inside the cockpit of his aircraft, he could almost imagine the roaring sound of his engine. At mach 33 they would be leaving behind them a wave of sonic thunder. He could see the curvature of the planet now, mostly green, and some dusty brown only a few specs of blue here and there. He gritted his teeth against the rattling as the sky above faded form light blue to dark blue, and then to black. With the pedals at his feet, he rotated the secondary maneuvering engines for their functioning. He could see the rock clearly now. It was a tiny, far off speck trailing a wash of dust behind it. Calculations said it was about 6 miles wide, and that was big (Big enough to cause a mass extinction event and kill almost everyone planteside) odd, how it looked so small from here. At six miles wide it was no puny thing, but in the vastness of space it might as well have been a speck of dust.  

Looking out at the dark expanse of space, he felt his heart leap into his throat. Sweat poured down his back now eyes wide knuckles white. A simple sheet of acrylic between him and absolutely nothing. He felt himself growing dizzy, but bit it back as another impulse was shot through his fingertips.

“Priming missiles.” He announced into his mike stoking a thumb down the side of the joystick to trigger the release catch. He could both hear and feel the metallic ca-chunk as the 16 megaton bunker-busting nuclear warhead dropped from the ordinance bay of the ship. The calculations said it would take about 48 megatons to pulverize the space rock into dust, and though their weaponry had come a long way since the birth of the nuclear bomb, it was determined it would take at least three thunderhawks to carry enough ordinance to take it out.

“Synchronizing targeting systems.” He ordered engaging another button on the left side of his lefthand joystick. Now this was the dangerous part; If they missed, they were done for, but they couldn’t just get close, they would want to stay as far away from the blast as was humanly possible, and that meant targeting the rock early on before it got any closer, and before they were unable to escape the blast radius, and that meant using Neuro-targeting. Controlled completely by the brain it relied solely on the focus of the pilot to target a system and fire. Any break in concentration could send the missile rocketing in the wrong direction, which is why it wasn’t a widely used piece of technology. He would have had one of the more experienced pilots do it, problem was, he was the only one trained on the system.

“Systems synchronized.” The other pilots said through the line. He could hear their gritted teeth over the com as he engaged the targeting protocol.

The neuro net was blisteringly cold as it suctioned to his skin pulling tight against the muscles at the base of his skull. The restraints constricted tight around him as the small probe pierced his skin. A whimper broke through his lips at the pain, but suddenly, the display before his eyes lit up, not on his visor, but on his EYES, altitude lines, gravity curves, orbital paths all laid out before him on the surface o his iris.

With some difficulty he swept all that away thinking hard about the targeting system to pull it up.

“Please kid, focus.” One of the pilots begged. He ignored the man taking a slow, deep breath and allowing his body to relax.

Targeting System Engaged.

He barely felt his hands on the joysticks, barely noticed the other planes flying at his back, barely noticed the three circling moons winding around at a distance, barely noticed the enterprise as it broke atmosphere and roared in the opposite direction. Inside, he felt nothing, saw nothing but the rock looming in his vision in the vastness of space.

Target Lock.

He clenched a fist slowly.

Fire.

All at once 3 16 megaton nuclear warheads detached from the underside of the thunderhawks rocketing off into space in a tight triangular formation. Pieces of missile dropped off as they closed together rotating slowly around to attach themselves to the point missile turning 16 megatons into 48 megatons in a matter of seconds.

As soon as the missiles dropped, the lieutenant dropped the targeting systems reversed the forward engines, and rolled the jet around in a loop so tight the edges of his vision went black, and the suit around his legs squeezed till he felt like he was going to pop open.  As soon as he was facing the other direction, he hit the throttle, and accelerated as fast as was advisable slamming himself back into his seat as the weight of the Gs thrust hi backwards. Engaging the fusion engine, he accelerated as fast as he could manage till near blackout. Mach 97.75 nearly 75,000 miles per hour, manually. If he hit anything at all going this speed, he would be obliterated.

In the minute it took the missile to hit he made it around 1,250 miles. With his visor engaged, he was still nearly blinded by the blast of light unhindered by atmosphere or other obstructions. He didn’t feel shock wave, and if there was EMP, the faraday cage composing the inner cockpit left him unaffected. He reduced his speed for fear of crashing, and when he could see again, he found that he had passed the planet by. He took his jet in a wide circle to examine the blast. Nothing was left now but a massive hunk of expanding dust and particles.

His heart hammered in his throat.

Cheering from the other pilots rose in his ears. He would have cried out of sheer relief if he wasn’t too stunned to do so.

And if that weren’t for the debris of fist sized rocks hurtling towards them at unwarranted speeds.

***

The three human aircraft roared into the atmosphere with the power of rolling thunder trailed by a massive meteor shower as, what was left of the rock, burned up it atmosphere. Lights dotted the sky as the three tiny jets approached. From the ground, they came into view long before the sound of their engines did. They dropped low in a triangular formation, powerful manual weapons roaring over the crowd with a crack of thunder as they broke the sound barrier using jet engines, hardly comparable to the speeds they had been traveling before. But even that seemed to be drowned out by the relief of the crowd below.

Video of the blast traveled across the galaxy at speeds that made the jets look slow. The humans of earth couldn’t have been more proud….. and one human in particular, never so proud in her life, but very much inclined to smack the boy when he came home for putting himself in danger like that.

But she supposed she could forgive him if it meant saving the world

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The first Catalan woman aviator: Mari Pepa Colomer i Luque.

Born in 1913, she got her flying licence in 1931 when she turnt 18. She worked for a while transporting products by plane and dropping propaganda leaflets on the beaches from a light aircraft. She also participated in some flying tournaments.

She impressed many people, including other women who decided to become pilots as well. For example, Dolors Vives Rodon, who became the second Catalan woman aviator..

[In the photo, Dolors Vives Rodon]

Soon, in 1936, the Spanish fascists did a military coup d’etat that started the Spanish Civil War, which lasted until 1939. Pepa joined the antifascist resistance, which was directed by the Government of Catalonia in collaboration with the unions like CNT and UGT. Pepa was part of the School of Pilots of the Government of Catalonia, where she trained civil pilots for the Republic’s army. Here she met her student Dolors Vives Rodon, and the two became good friends. At the same time, Pepa also had the mission of throwing antifascist leaflets over the city of Barcelona

In October 1936, she was officially mobilized as a pilot but with no military graduation. She guarded the coast looking for enemy ships and planes. She also took hurt soldiers from the front to the hospitals in Barcelona, and took people who were threatened with death to the other side of the border of Spain with France. In some days she could even do the journey from Barcelona to cross the French border three times on a row.

The war ended in 1939 with the victory of the fascists, who installed a dictatorship until Franco’s death in 1975. Like so many people, Pepa had to go on exile to safe her life. First to France and later to England. She didn’t fly again, because she said in England there was no job for her as an aviator.

She died in England in 2004 and, following her wishes, her ashes were taken to the cemetery of Reus (Catalonia) with her family.

Dolors did not go on exile, instead she remained in the country to take care of her parents who were very old. Her father, who was a leftist municipal judge, was repressed by the fascist dictatorship and so Dolors had to take care for the survival of the rest of the family. She died in 2007.

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I wish I had money to get my light sport pilots licence..... That training is expensive. Well beyond my means.  :(

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The robot can take off, follow a flight plan and land without human intervention. ROBOpilot is a drop-in system meaning that the pilot’s seat is removed and replaced with the robot.                    

ROBOpilot has passed the Federal Aviation Administration’s Practical Test for piloting light aircraft and carried out its first flight on August 9 in Utah. A few weeks later it also had its first incident where the robot was damaged, although the extent of the damage is not known.

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Imagine strapping your self into your automobile and instead of going forward you start to lift upward, kind of such as you imagined a flying saucer would take off once you were a kid, however you are no alien and that is for actual.

Flying Automobiles, Are You for Actual?

When Doctor Paul Moller founded the Moller Institute in 1983, the thought of a flying car remained in the world of fantasy and Sci-fi lovers. As we speak Dr. Moller's dream of commuter transportation utilizing the sky has moved from the creativeness to the first stages of reality. At this time the Moller Institute by Freedom Motors (shaped by Moller) has produced the MX-400, a futuristic trying sky-automobile that can take off vertically and get speeds of 350 mph. Its engine is light weight, producing less emissions than conventional motors, however has a disadvantage...it only get 15 miles per gallon.

Flying Automobiles become Aggressive

The Moller Sky Automotive is just not the only flying automobile in manufacturing. Flying automobiles or Personal Air Automobiles (PAV) are personal automobiles that maneuver both on the street and in the sky. Besides the Moller Sky Automobile there are at least 4 different PAV's read Blog here underneath development. The Transition by Terrafugia Inc, the Haynes Aero Skyblazer by Haynes Aero, the FSC-1 by LaBiche Aerospace, the Magic Dragon , by StrongMobile, and the Moller M400 Skycar by Moller Worldwide are altering the face of the vehicular transportation trade.

This variation strikes the concept and potential that has long been held solely by the navy to "car producers." The implication of those initiatives are many and will very properly complicate the transportation trade, city planning, and aviation for years to return.

Flying Vertically

Not all future flying cars use Vertical Take-Off and Touchdown (VTOL) expertise, but it certain has made those that do stand out amongst the gang. This innovation allows the PAV to elevate off instead of take off, making it extra like a heli-automobile than a flying car.

VTOL has been in use by the US Navy for a while, most notably within the form of the harrier jet. What's outstanding is that each the Moller Sky Car and the X-Hawk use this identical know-how of their "for driveway automobiles." There are some drawbacks to VTOL, like the value, however some great benefits of VTOL know-how in flying cars are obvious-no runways needed. It reminds one in every of that now well-known line Doc Brown says to Marty at the finish of Back to the Future: "Roads? The place we're going, we don't want roads.

The Future is in the Sky

Ever since society moved into motorized journey, the sky has been the final frontier of non-public journey. It is just pure that as know-how advances, car designs will develop that incorporate and amalgamate the concepts and desires held within us.

With the rising motion in direction of creating the subsequent technology of autos, the sky is the probably goal. From Moller to LaBiche Aerospace, intense vitality has begun to be put into lifting the everyday individual into the sky. Whether future flying cars will likely be used for commuting or recreation, the possibilities are endless. With profound implications for society and the atmosphere, the flying automotive's results are just beginning to be felt.

You don't have to be a sci-fi buff to know that the reply is a distinct lack of flying automobiles. Science-fiction authors have loads to reply for; raising our expectations concerning the speedy evolution of human transport programs and leading us to believe that congested high methods would be a thing of the past as quickly as the solar set on 1999.

Sadly, we're still very a lot earth sure and idling in more site visitors than ever earlier than.

The good news is that there is gentle at the end of the backed up tunnel. A number of companies, not to point out a few dedicated entrepreneurs have designed and constructed prototypes for varied flying cars. Some are still very a lot within the idea stage, whereas others could be parked in our garages by the tip of next 12 months.

In Could 2009, Terrafugia wrote itself into the history books when its Transition Roadable Aircraft Proof of Concept (that is flying automotive to those of us who aren't aeronautical engineers) took flight.

It's not as smooth as we'd expect, but it meets a very powerful standards of a flying car. That's it will probably attain a decent highway pace of around 180kmh and gets sufficient elevation for it to require a pilot's Flying Cars licence to fly. The Transition can carry two individuals and can swap between being a automobile and a aircraft in less than half a minute. Gasoline is not a difficulty as plain previous unleaded will do.

A ultimate selling price has yet to be determined, however you can anticipate Future Is Coming to shell out between $200,000 and $250,000 (R1.36 million and R1.7 million).

As soon as in a lifetime you come across something that is so cool it's a must to have it, no matter what it prices or what it does. The Moller M400 SkyCar is one such factor. In contrast to the Transition, which needs a runway to get off the bottom, the SkyCar is a VTOL (Vertical Takeoff and Touchdown) vehicle. It has a cruising pace of 600kmh and is able to running on natural gasoline. And, it looks the part.

SkyCar is the brainchild of Dr Paul Moller, who has put in over three decades of exhausting work to see his dream automobile come to life. It was anticipated to enter full-flight testing in 2005, however as it's made few headlines, both spectacularly good or bad, it could be affordable to assume that it is not yet ready for mass manufacturing.

Nevertheless, it is nice to think about your self almost 2km above the hurly burly of terrestrial life, passing the occasional cloud, chicken and Boeing whereas the on-board http://futurecoming.news/ computer takes care of all the exhausting stuff, leaving you to worry provided that you moved the bicycle so you possibly can drive your baby straight into the storage.

The incredibly attractive SkyCar isn't the one undertaking on Dr Moller's plate. The company has additionally been working on hello-tech hovercraft-sort autos, such as the M200G Neuera (new era) VTOL personal recreational or utility car (often known as the Jetson, as a result of it seems to be like one of many saucer-like automobiles on the dodgy cartoon).

This not technically a flying automotive, but it may possibly travel as much as 10 ft above any surface. It was designed to incorporate the very best traits of boats, hovercraft, ATVs, snowmobiles and different off-road automobiles and might even hurdle obstacles.

Entecho's Hoverpod is a sexier version of the Neuera and is supposed to be simply as straightforward to fly (no pilot's licence required). Sadly, it does not quite attain the heights of the Neuera, which doesn't exactly inspire vertigo. The Hoverpod solely goes as high as 5 toes, but it could possibly carry three, versus two, passengers and has the advantage of looking like something out of Star Wars and not a Saturday morning kiddies' TV particular.

Let's turn our consideration to motorbikes, the flying kind. The Tremendous Sky Cycle was designed and developed by Larry Neal, and, not like the flying automobiles mentioned above, it's truly registered and is out there for purchase. It's going to go 88kmh on an open street and 160kmh in the air. It runs on the petrol you get from your local filling station and will fit into your storage. It converts from a motorbike to a plane in a few minutes and you may study to fly it within 10 hours of training.

It is attainable that twice in a lifetime, one thing so cool will come along that you just just should have it, and the SkyBike is the second one. The SkyBike is a multi-mode vehicle (MMV), i.e. a bike and aircraft in a single, from Samson Motorworks. With three wheels it's not technically a bike however it makes up for that minor flaw by being wonderful. Samson Motorworks is definitely creating two MMVs: the SkyBike and the Switchblade. The distinction between the 2 lies within the wing design. The Skybike uses a telescoping wing design, and the Switchblade a scissor wing design which retracts the wings whenever you move from the air to the road.

However none of that matters when you think about that it comes with all options you'd anticipate from a top-of-the-line luxury car, including heating and air con, video rear view monitor, dual ground/air lighting system, automated car leaning in turns, and stereo CD player with MP3. By way of security, it comes with a entrance impression shock absorber and aspect impact door protection and one thing you will not discover your luxurious sedan, a ballistic chute restoration system. They usually meet ultra-low carbon emission standards.

You should buy one and drive it around city with out a pilot's licence, but if you want to put those wings to good use you'll want to start taking flying classes since you need a licence to unlock the flight controls and wing lock. Both require a physical and electronic key that is solely granted upon proof of an appropriate pilot license.

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Private Pilot Training

Do you have a strong desire to travel? Do you yearn for freedom, adventure, and independence? Perhaps you’ve considered making the sky your workplace. If so, it’s time to start thinking about acquiring your private pilot’s licence.

A Private Pilot License (PPL) empowers you to legitimately fly an aircraft independently or with additional occupants. Private pilots are qualified to operate light aircraft on their own. While some individuals seek the licence as a profession or recreation, a PPL is also the first important step toward becoming an airline pilot. A private pilot can fly friends and relatives and practice tactics for fun, but not to generate revenue. It’s important to note that the PPL is the first major step for anyone with dreams of flying professionally. Although there are numerous other types of aircraft and pilot licences available, a private pilot licence is an effective starting step towards learning about aviation and determining whether or not you want to pursue a career in aviation.

PPL holders may fly almost any variety of aeroplane as long as they possess the proper certification. Private pilots often fly modest single piston engine and twin piston engine piston aeroplanes. Any non-turbojet aeroplane weighing less than 12,500 pounds is suitable for a novice private pilot. As a private pilot, you could even operate an aeroplane in visual flying conditions at any time of day or night.

If you wish to fly for leisure, a private pilot licence is excellent. Because it permits you to fly into and out of any civil airport, you can go wherever you want, whenever you want. Given that there are no significant limits on travelling with your licence, you may fly almost anywhere on the globe. You can travel to new places. Travel with friends and family. Pilot an aircraft hauling a glider, fly for charity, or aid in search and rescue operations, among other things.

A private pilot’s licence (PPL) is not just the most prevalent type of aviation licence. It’s also the most common. In addition to the flexibility of travel, becoming a qualified private pilot allows you to expand your skills by obtaining other licences such as Instrument Rating and Multi-Engine. Furthermore, obtaining your PPL allows you to fly commercial aircraft.

Obtaining your PPL not only provides you with the ability to fly leisurely for vacations, but it also makes excellent commercial sense. This is because a PPL is a prerequisite for obtaining an Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL), which facilitates you to work as an airline pilot and earn a highly competitive income.

Finally, there are almost as many incentives to obtain a PPL as there are persons. Begin your adventure by Joining Gujarat Flying Club, one of the best training academies that best meets your requirements. Ready for take-off!

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An Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) is basically a person licensed to ensure the airworthiness of the aircraft before flying in accordance with the national & international aviation standards. In other words, an AME certifies the aircraft for its fitness before flying. Various Airlines, Maintenance & repair organizations, flying clubs, etc. appoint these AMEs for the safe flying of their aircrafts. In terms of employment opportunities, the aircraft maintenance engineering is probably the most promising in the aviation sector. The duty of an AME is to ensure that the Aircraft is in a fit to fly condition before it takes off the ground. No aircraft can take off without clearance certificate from qualified Maintenance Engineers. To become an AME one has to undergo the three years AME course from a DGCA approved Institute. These recognised institutes teach the approved syllabus of DGCA & conduct internal examinations for completion of the course. Students who successfully complete the course can then appear for DGCA licence examinations i.e. Basic Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Licence (BAMEL) The Students 10+2 students from science stream with Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics, or any higher qualification with PCM or equivalent. As per DGCA (Govt. of India) rules only 60 seats are allotted per stream (Mechanical / Avionics). No AME institutes can induct more students than that allotted by DGCA. Aspiring Aircraft Maintenance Engineers who have obtained the licence can start working with private/ government airlines. So one who has those goals in mind to become part of the challenging aviation industry, can join AME course & explore the world of his/her dreams. “SHA-SHIB GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS” is the largest group in South Asia for Imparting training in the field of Aircraft Maintenance Engineering, focusing on the comprehensive development of students and bring them up to face the challenges of life with courage and enable them to transform dreams into reality. THE Group offers Aircraft Maintenance Engineering course in many cities across India Viz. Bhopal, Guna, Pune, Mumbai, Bangalore, Bhubaneswar and Cochin, all these institutes are approved by Director General of Civil Aviation, Ministry of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India. The Institutes under Sha-Shib Group impart training in two streams i.e. Mechanical (Heavy Aeroplane, Jet Engine, Light Aeroplane, Piston Engine) as well as Avionics (Electrical system, Instrument system & Radio Navigation system of Aircraft.). The Students, who dream to be a successful AME & ultimately achieve their goal, may join these training Institutes. Like other Institutes/colleges under various regulatory bodies viz. AICTE, NCTE etc., these DGCA approved AME Institutes are also providing the necessary knowledge, experience and skill of Aircraft maintenance Technique in order to pass AME license. Merely completion of AME course will not fetch the students any license or degree/diploma. However those AME students who have successfully completed the AME course and passed AME license Examinations, conducted by DGCA will be eligible for Appropriate AME license.

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Ronnie Bell Following

HE-45

The Heinkel He 45 was a light bomber produced in Germany in the early 1930s, one of the first aircraft adopted by the newly formed Luftwaffe. Its appearance was that of a conventional biplane and included seating for pilot and gunner in tandem, open cockpits. Developed in parallel with the He 46, it appeared in 1931 as a general-purpose biplane and was employed mainly as a trainer, but was also used by the Luftwaffe for reconnaissance and light bombing duties. Production of this plane totalled 512 aircraft, including those built under licence by Gotha, Focke-Wulf, and BFW.

Via Flickr

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Grigorovich M-15 [262] by Alan Wilson Via Flickr: In my opinion, early flying boats are a thing of beauty and this Russian built Grigorovich M-15 is no exception. It is the only surviving example of the 80 built and is c/n R.11C.262 It is on display in the 'WW1' hangar at the Muzeum Lotnictwa Polskiego. Krakow, Poland. 23-8-2013. It's history is given in the following info taken from the museum website:- "Since 1911, the Russian Imperial Navy employed French-built seaplanes (i.e. Farman, Borel and Léveque). The maintenance of the aircraft was performed at the S. S. Shchetinin & M. A. Shcherbakov Works in St. Petersburg. Since 1913 the works had been led by Dmitry Pavlovich Grigorovich. In the same year he designed, based on French originals, a successful M.1 aircraft with a boat-like fuselage. This was the beginning of a family of light flying boats, which served with distinction during the First World War. In Autumn 1915 the Imperial Russian Navy issued an order for a heavier flying boat intended for long-range reconnaissance. In December 1915 Grigorovich built the M-9 type, which first flew on 9th January 1916. Notably, on 17th September 1916 the M-9 became the first flying boat to perform a loop, piloted by test pilot Jan Nagórski. A serious weakness of the design, however, was the licence-built Salmson-Unne radial engine. Therefore, in 1916 an improved variant designated the M-15 was built, powered by the excellent Hispano-Suiza V8 engine. Only 80 M-15 machines were built. The Grigorovich M-15 was a long range flying boat biplane with the wing canopy placed over the fuselage, a pusher propeller and the empennage placed on a pylon, in the propeller's air stream, which increased the steering efficiency. The semi-monocoque wooden construction was covered with stressed plywood skin attached to open work formers. The wings and empennage were made of wood covered with fabric. Two stabilising floats were fitted at the ends of the lower wing. The Grigorovich M-15 number R II C 262, built in 1917, was assigned to the fortress flight in Arensburg on the Osilia (Saaremaa) island in the fortified Moonsund archipelago, which guarded the entrance into Riga bay. These islands were captured by the Germans during land and naval campaign codenamed Operation Albion from the 10th to the 24th October 1917. The result was 20,130 POWs, 141 cannons and 10 aircraft captured among them, the R II C 262 flying boat. Tested in the Seaplanes Test Flight in Warnemünde, it eventually reached the German Aeronautical Collection in Berlin. Abandoned along with other wrecked remains of the collection in occupied Poland, found in 1945, in 1964 was moved over to the newly created Krakow's Museum as the only one, more or less complete, albeit damaged, First World War aeroplane. The restoration was undertaken by the end of the 1970s and was continued in the years 1991–1993. The aircraft is the only surviving M-15 example in the world."

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A d20 GI Joe vehicle double feature

With the announcement late last year of Renegade producing their own GI Joe RPG, I probably won’t do any more of these, at least not for a while, but, as a sort of good bye for now to the franchise, here’s my take on the Cobra WOLF and GI Joe Sky Hawk/Ghost Hawk family

W.O.L.F.

Cobra began manufacturing and deploying The WOLF (Winter Operational Light Fighting Vehicle) in 1987-88 as the primary AFV for Snow Serpent Arctic warfare units, meant to be piloted by Ice-Vipers. Initial production of the W.O.L.F ended in 1989, however attrition rates in combat against GI Joe and former Warsaw Pack Arctic Warfare teams forced MARS Industries to re-start production in 1991 and 2014.

The WOLF is a light weight vehicle at 17.3 tons with a maximum cross country speed of 53mph and a maximum fuel range of 212 miles. 2-4 troops can stand on the running boards, the rear skis can be detached and used as snowboards by dismounted troops

Cobra W.O.L.F.

Crew: 2 Pass: 4 Cargo: 4000lb Init: -2 Maneuver: -2 Top Speed: 47 (5). Defense: 8 Hard: 10  HP: 52 Size: H PDC: 35 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/2 Armament: 2x SNARL ski-Torpedoes (Forward), twin 20mm Ripper cannons (turret), WHAM-4 SAM system (Forward). Bonuses: +2 Attack with auto-cannon. Provides ¾ cover to crew and ½ cover to passengers. Equipment: ---"SNARL" (Snow Environment-Advanced Attack Range Laser) Ski Torpedo: Damage: d Damage Type: . Critical: . Range Increment:  feet. Rate of Fire: . Magazine:  (). Size: . Weight:lb. Purchase DC:  Restriction: +. Special: Burst (10ft Ref 15), Armor Penetration (Ignores upto 10 points of hardness to target struck), Slow (Moves 1 Range Increment per Round, maximum range 5 increments), Laser-guided (+4 Attack bonus against targets painted with a laser), Soft Launch (main engine ignites after launch, allowing the missile to launch with soldiers adjacent to the launcher) ---20mm "Ripper" repeating cannons: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ballistic. Critical: 20. Range Increment: 240feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: Linked (2000 rounds). Size: H. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 26 Restriction: Mil+3. Special: Expends 10 rounds on a burst fire attack or 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref 17 negates) ---WHAM-4 (Winter-Oriented Heavy Ordinance) surface-to-air missile launcher: Damage: 20d6 Damage Type: Conc/Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:. Rate of Fire: . Magazine: 4 (Int). Size: Huge. Weight: 475lb. Purchase DC: 28 Restriction: Mil+3. Burst Radius 20ft (Ref 20 for half), Heat Seeking (Move action to acquire target, +4 Attack bonus).

---Professional Radio: Range 100 miles

---Climate Control: +4 Bonus to fort saves to ignore ill effects of extreme cold for crew and passengers, negates terrain penalties created by snowy conditions and cold weather for vehicle.

---Flood Lights: Provides daylight effect in a 60ft cone

---IR scanners: Darkvision 6 miles

---Laser Designator: Range 1000ft, allows the vehicle for the

---Detachable Rear skis: Grant a +2 equipment bonus to vehicle’s Maneuver stat (not included in stat block) when attached, can be removed and used by a dismounted soldier as a snow board (follows the same rules as a skateboard in Urban Arcana)

SKY HAWK VTOL Aircraft

The Sky Hawk VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft) first entered service in 1984. Production continued through 1985 but, was discontinued in 1986, but, briefly resumed in 1990 to 1991.   The original '84 model Skyhawk also entered service with the Brazillian Airforce were it was nicknamed the “Jet-Nave” and was licenced built by the JSDF as the “Little Harry”

The Dreadnok Air Assault VTOL was a reverse engineered version built by Cobra from  1986 to 1987.

Sky Hawks are first seen being flown by Duke, Flint, Roadblock, and Mutt & Junkyard while the Joes are escorting a large energy weapon before a Cobra ambush aimed at stealing a component called the laser core.

In 2005 and 2009 to new variants of the Skyhawk were developed, the Steel Brigade Skyhawk and the Ghosthawk.  The Steel Brigade Ghosthawk sacrificed the 20mm cannons in order to double the ammunition capacity for the fixed 30mm cannons and increase armor protection, while the Ghosthawk added a third non-VTOL engine for increased speed and RADAR absorbent materials.  In 2012 the Ghosthawk was phased out for a completely unique Ghosthawk II design.

In 2014 Steel Brigade commissioned a new version of the of the Skyhawk based on the original Ghosthawk, with newer more maneuverable VTOL engines and heavier armor plating.  At the same time, the new Skyhawk frame was used to develop a third generation Ghosthawk, retaining the Stealth Coating instead of the heavier armor. Both vehicles traded the un-guided rockets for specialized hard points for mounting an anti-armor chaingun and LSB (Large Scale Breaching)-10 missile launcher.

The Sky Hawk (or Skyhawk) is a VTOL (Vertical Take Off and Landing) aircraft used by the G.I. Joe team. It is equipped with a pair of 20mm cannons located underneath the cockpit as well as missiles that are launched from the underside of the vehicle. Due to the Sky Hawk's small size, it can only seat one to two passengers, meaning Joes will often ride shotgun by standing on the vehicle's landing skids. This doesn't seem particularly safe but they don't let you into G.I. Joe for not taking risks.

The original '84-'85 produced Sky hawks, Dreadnok Assault VTOL and first generation Ghost Hawk were armed with 4x 20mm chain guns, two in recessed fuselage nacelles and 2 in a “Thunder Clap” chin mount, the 1990 run and all subsequent models replaced the fuselage mounted guns with heavier 30mm chain guns.

D20rules: A Skyhawk/Dreadnok Air Assault VTOL and Ghosthawk requires the Aircraft Operation (Helicopters) Feat to operate without penalty

Skyhawk Gen 1/Dreadnok Air Assault VTOL

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +1 Maneuver: +4 Top Speed: 449 (45). Defense: 8 Hard: 15 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 37 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: 2x twin 20mm Auto cannons (Forward), 2x Heavy Rockets. Bonuses: +2 Attack with all weapons. Equipment: ---Twin 20mm Cannon: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment: feet. Rate of Fire: . Magazine: 2400 (int) (4800 rounds total). Size: Huge. Weight: 460lb. Purchase DC: 24 Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d8, -4Attack) ---Heavy Rocket: Damage: 15d6 Damage Type: Conc. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 23  Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst 20ft, Ref 17 for half. ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

---Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

---FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

Skyhawk Gen 2

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +1 Maneuver: +4 Top Speed: 449 (45). Defense: 8 Hard: 15 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 37 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: twin 30mm Auto cannon (Forward), twin “Thunder Clap” 20mm Auto cannon (Forward), 2x Heavy Rockets. Bonuses: +2 Attack with all weapons. Equipment: ---Fire-linked 30mm Cannons: Damage: 6d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  240 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 2200 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d12, -4Attack) ---Fire-linked 20mm Cannon: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment: feet. Rate of Fire: . Magazine: 2400 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 460lb. Purchase DC: 24 Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d8, -4Attack) ---Heavy Rocket: Damage: 15d6 Damage Type: Conc. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 23  Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst 20ft, Ref 17 for half. ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

---Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

---FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

Steel-Brigade Skyhawk

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +1 Maneuver: +4 Top Speed: 449 (50). Defense: 8 Hard: 20 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 37 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: twin 30mm Auto cannon (Forward), 2x Heavy Rockets. Bonuses: +2 Attack with all weapons. Equipment: ---Fire-linked 30mm Cannons: Damage: 6d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  240 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 4400 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d12, -4Attack) ---Heavy Rocket: Damage: 15d6 Damage Type: Conc. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 23  Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst 20ft, Ref 17 for half. ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

---Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

---FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

Ghosthawk Gen1

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +1 Maneuver: +4 Top Speed: 500 (50). Defense: 8 Hard: 15 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 40 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: 2x twin “Thunder Clap” 20mm Auto cannon (Forward), 2x Heavy Rockets. Bonuses: +2 Attack with all weapons. Equipment: ---Fire-linked 20mm Cannon: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment: feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 2400 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 460lb. Purchase DC: 24 Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d8, -4Attack) ---Heavy Rocket: Damage: 15d6 Damage Type: Conc. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 23  Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst 20ft, Ref 17 for half. ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

---Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

---FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

---Stealth Components: +4 DC to electronic based skill checks to detect made to detect this aircraft.

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

Steel Brigade Skyhawk Gen2

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +3 Maneuver: +6 Top Speed: 500 (50). Defense: 8 Hard: 20 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 43 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: twin 30mm Auto cannon (Forward), twin “Thunder Clap” 20mm Auto cannons (Forward), 2x un-linked Anti-armor chain guns or 2x un-linked LSB-10 missile pods (forward). Bonuses: +2 Attack with guns. Equipment: ---Fire-linked 30mm Cannons: Damage: 6d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  240 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 2200 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d12, -4Attack) ---Fire-linked 20mm Cannon: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment: feet. Rate of Fire: . Magazine: 2400 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 460lb. Purchase DC: 24 Restriction: Mil+3. ---LSB-10 Launcher: Damage: 20d10 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int) (2 total). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 26 Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst Radius 20ft (Ref 20), Ignores up to 20 hardness to target struck, when fired against a structure it creates a crater 15ft wide and 10ft deep.

---Anti-Armor Chain gun: Damage: 4d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  350 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 200 (int) (400 total). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; Ignores up to 10 Hardness to target struck ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

---Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

---FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

Ghosthawk Gen3

Crew: 1  Pass: 0* Cargo: 1000lb Init: +1 Maneuver: +4 Top Speed: 500 (50). Defense: 8 Hard: 15 HP: 40 Size: H PDC: 43 Res: Mil (+3) Face: 3/6 Armament: twin 30mm Auto cannon (Forward), twin “Thunder Clap” 20mm Auto cannon (Forward), Anti-armor Chain gun (forward), LBS-10 Missile pod (forward). Bonuses: +2 Attack with all guns. Equipment: ---Fire-linked 30mm Cannons: Damage: 6d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  240 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 1100 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d12, -4Attack) ---Fire-linked 20mm Cannon: Damage: 6d8 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment: feet. Rate of Fire: . Magazine: 1200 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 460lb. Purchase DC: 24 Restriction: Mil+3. Special; expends 20 rounds on an auto-fire attack (Ref17 negates) or 10 on a burst fire attack (+6d8, -4Attack) ---LSB-10 Launcher: Damage: 20d10 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: N/A. Range Increment: 300ft. Rate of Fire: Sin. Magazine: 1 (int). Size: huge. Weight: 450lb. Purchase DC: 26  Restriction: Mil+3.  Special; Burst Radius 20ft (Ref 20), Ignores up to 20 hardness to target struck, when fired against a structure it creates a crater 15ft wide and 10ft deep.

---Anti-Armor Chain gun: Damage: 4d12 Damage Type: Ball. Critical: 20. Range Increment:  350 feet. Rate of Fire: A. Magazine: 200 (int). Size: Huge. Weight: 600lb. Purchase DC: 25  Restriction: Mil+3. Special; Ignores up to 10 Hardness to target struck ---Professional Radio: Range 100miles

-Navigational Aids:  +4 to Navigate or Survival checks

-FLIR: grants Darkvision out to a range of 1 mile

-Stealth Components: +4 DC to electronic based skill checks to detect made to detect this aircraft.

*Can transport upto 2 people (1 per landing skid) as long as the aircraft remains below 10,000ft in elevation and does not move faster than ¼ its top speed.

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The actual pilot license apparently requires math and physics but not like a full undergrad of it.

Hey I'm that anon who talked about licences. And i didn't mean to say you need a degree in maths hahaha 😭 !! I just meant to say maths and physics are PART of the training program. Because jet pilots need to be able to read a million information coming from the control panel : height, pressure, speed etc. We got lost in translation! Sorry it's just in my country, as soon as u finish high school u MUST pick a major immediately. For example,i didn't pick random classes in undergrad and then entered law school. I immediately started law school after HS. And my bachelor was all law classes. That's how it works here.

I love learning about flying/airplane trivia, i watch a lot of 'air crash' documentaries (that's my own version of true crime🤭). Also one of my friends is a commercial pilot for Air France. He had to pass a light aircraft licence and had to take an entry exam to enter into the national flying school. (american pilots sorta undergo the same kind of training) 😘

I have such weird anons and I love y’all.