...analyze some of the safety gaps in the BCC aviation line and offer plausible and economical medium and long term solutions to the challenges for a better and improved BCC operations. Analysis The BCC seemingly is teamed up with great pilots who enjoy what they do and are naturally gifted as pilots. That is a great incentive for the team as a whole. The team spirit exhibited in the working relations among the pilots and also between the BCC and helicopter engineers (Copter Doctors) is also a great incentive in the long run in terms of coordination and communication. The challenges that BCC is facing can be subcategorized into these areas: a) Work Safety Processes and Procedures b) Flight operations safety procedures c) Support system for pilots and staffing d) Safe working environment a) Work Safety Processes and Procedures The BCC interoperability is tottering due to undefined work processes above and beyond manning the helicopters. One of the pilots admits that “standards are a bit relaxed coz everyone knows what needs to be done.” Pilots understand their work and therefore are likely to get it done with minimum or no supervision. The challenge with lack of structures to guide the work is that someone might assume that since everyone knows what is to be done some critical steps might...
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... exposition questions what are drones( personal military and first drones)and how do they work? how are drones being used by people?personal use?by business use or organizations?are there rules people have to follow? where is drone technology going and what will the future be like? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_unmanned_aerial_vehicles#Early_development A drone is a type of unmanned flying aircraft, that has a minimum of four propellers.the first drone was in 18 The first usage of a drone was recorded in 1849, August 22nd. When the Austrians attacked Venice (Italy). They released balloons containing explosives from the Austrian ship Vulcano. Drones work through radiowaves via remote controlled devises. They are battery powered. The newer drones have tracking devices fitted that can be programmed with a destination. Drones are being used by people for photography, videos and are starting to be used by large retailers for delivering goods. The rules that have to be followed are certain high areas e.g. The White House that could be a security risk will not allow drones in the vicinity. Largely populated areas e.g. New York due to health risks, potentual hazards to public. Drone Technology is developing ……... military- uavs are unmanned aerial vehicles they are UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) or RPAS (Remotely Piloted Aerial Systems) site:http://www.bbc.com/news/world-south-asia-10713898 Hundreds of people have been killed by the strikes in Pakistan:one...
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...those giant machines was in Girdwood, Alaska. We were an absolute wreck the night before. We starred mesmerized at hours of footage from the company’s website, biting our fingernails, hoping that the videos of other people’s experiences would help dull our fears and instill us with super human powers. We were convinced that we would have to huck ourselves from under the whirling blades into the endlessly deep powder below. Warren Miller and Travis Rice have a lot to answer for, as the truth was far less extreme. We leaped from the chopper landing with a muffled thud on the thick landing pad of snow. Our heli guide grabbed our snowboards from the helicopter basket and stopped just short of strapping our boots into the bindings for us. After we heard the last clicks of our straps echo through the mountains and watched the helicopter morph from a massive machine into a tiny dot floating in the sky miles away, we stood alone and abandoned at the top of a snowy ridge, staring down at our dream: a vast world of untracked powder, laid out below the nose of our snowboards. A few deep mouthfuls of crisp mountain air and we took to the snow, following the guide’s turns and breaking fresh tracks. Not a lift line in sight, no lift pass necessary, and an entire mountain range for us to call our own. We glided with ease on our mountain’s snow, carving perfect lines amidst the...
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...Seventy-five paps gather around the entrances to Britney's gated community, stamping their feet in the chilly winter night, as a police helicopter circles overhead. "You don't want an ambulance to roll out with a body bag and miss that," says a French photographer, checking his battery. These guys are jaded after all that's happened. "Man, Britney can't die, because then I don't get my money!" says a guy in a Famous Stars and Straps baseball hat. Someone starts running down the block, and everyone runs after him; they hide in a driveway and laugh when everyone catches up. Although she doesn't seem to have tried to commit suicide, the doctors are on their way again: Police and paramedics descend as the LAPD blocks off all exit paths from her house, stations twenty cops in her driveway and takes her out (her code name: "The Package") without a single picture. The next day, her parents file a restraining order against Lutfi. A world without Britney, where she is set aside in rehab or a psychiatric center, is hard to contemplate: She's the canary in the coal mine of our culture, the most vivid representation of the excess of the past decade. She didn't think there was a tomorrow worth saving for, and neither did we. After blaming everyone else for her problems, Britney's finally starting to realize the degree to which she's messed up, but her sense of entitlement keeps her from admitting it to herself, or to anyone who is trying to help her. We want her to survive and thrive, to...
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...Drones can be defined as “unmanned aerial vehicles, most commonly associated and used by the United States military(Source A).” After examining all of the positive and negative connotations associated with the use of drones, one could say that the negative consequences do not outweigh the positive consequences of using drones in military actions. Drones not only save lives on the stuck on the front lines, but are also popular among the American population. One of the positive consequences, of using drones in high risk military actions, is that it saves the lives of United States military personnel and civilians that live a life caught in the crossfires of war. This can be exemplified by the statistic that shows “following the September 11, 2001 attacks, roughly 8-17% of all deaths from United States drones. In comparison, in World War II, civilian deaths, as a percentage of total war fatalities, are estimated at 40 to 67%(Source J)”. When soldiers are presented with the need to make decisions in high stress environment, one may make unappropiate decisions resulting in the death of innocent civilians; “Drone strikes eliminate all of those risks common to “boots on the ground” missions (Source J).” Due to the accuracy of drone use in high-risk, military missions, drone have been known to precisely “strike and kill a single person in one room of a house and spare the lives of people in other rooms, creating less of a chance of innocent civilians being killed (Source A).” Therefore...
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...Sikorsky Aircraft makes several different models of rotary aircraft, which fills business and armed forces roles worldwide. In addition, the United States of America Presidential Transport Program contracts at this time belong to Sikorsky Aircraft. Igor Sikorsky built a company that is currently one of the best in helicopter design and development. Sikorsky aircraft currently owns quite a few subsidiaries, as well as but not limited to Helicopter Support Inc. which deals with after market support, and Schweizer Aircraft Corporation that builds small helicopters, light planes, gliders, and U.A.V.s. Now in terms of vertical structure, Sikorsky Aircraft is a strong business that is made up of several integrated departments and sub departments, which lead up in the course of several layers of allocation. At the top of the ladder is of course, a CEO, the board of directors, and shareholders. Horizontally, Sikorsky Aircraft is a bit of a "crossbreed" organization because it is divisional, however not every department has its own marketing sub division, for example. Sikorsky Aircraft is made up of several departments because there are several facets that make up the helicopter production business. For example, the interior paint shop. This part, in several ways, operates as its own unit. The paint shop has an individual chain of management, schedule, and its own costs metrics. The paint shop handles painting airplanes from quite a few programs inside Sikorsky Aircraft. Sikorsky Aircraft...
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...Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II (2015) The F-35 has extremely stealth and agile technology, including an integrated sensor package and a range of advanced weaponry such as Sidewinder and Storm Shadow and Joint Direct Attack Munitions (JDAMs). The single seat fighter has high speed data networking, integrated avionics and sensor fusion which helps to combine the information from off and on board sensors. Pilot will be more aware of the situation and be better able to identify his target and deliver the weapons. Information can be relayed more quickly to other control and command nodes. There are electro-hydrostatic actuators driven by a flight control system. Lockheed Martin / Boeing F-22 Raptor (2005) The single seat F-22 Raptor is an extremely high tech and twin-engine aircraft. It has integrated avionics and its performance is highly stealth and superior, making it a super-manoeuvrable fighter. At supersonic and subsonic speeds, the Raptor is highly manoeuvrable. It is capable of performing very high angle of attack manoeuvres and maintain stability due to its powerful thrust components. The aircraft has clipped delta wings, four empennage surfaces to stabilise the flight dynamics and control surfaces, and a retractable tricycle landing gear. It is one of a few aircrafts that has the ability to supercruise and support supersonic flight without afterburners. As its operating altitude is high, it possesses great tactical advantage over existing aircrafts. Use of internal weapons...
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...School of Aviation has asked Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/school-of-aviation-has-asked/ MGA’s School of Aviation has asked the students of the School of Information Technology to develop a web-based application that solves 2 needs of their program. • Keep track of maintenance procedures performed on each aircraft • Allows students and instructors to coordinate aircraft for flying Currently they have an application that solves both; but it is expensive. Additionally, the abilities for maintaining aircraft are not as flexible as they want it to be and the customer support has proven unhelpful. Attached is a screenshot of the daily flying schedule; which does work well for their needs. A large drawback in the current maintenance abilities is that it also acts as inventory management. This complicates the procedures and provides a lot of extra overhead to the application they do not desire. A good maintenance ability for them may consist of only 2 parts: 1) a log of procedures performed on each aircraft and 2) display a schedule, similar to the flight schedule, of when procedures will need to be done next for each aircraft. Deliverables • An ERD that solves the problems above • An Access Database that implements the ERD w/ sample data • Saved SQL queries that demonstrate usage of your DB • Documentation/presentation that summarizes your ERD/experiences Deeper Insight to the Flight Schedule Composite Key: PA-28 161 N281HG: • PA –...
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...School of Aviation has asked Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/school-of-aviation-has-asked/ MGA’s School of Aviation has asked the students of the School of Information Technology to develop a web-based application that solves 2 needs of their program. • Keep track of maintenance procedures performed on each aircraft • Allows students and instructors to coordinate aircraft for flying Currently they have an application that solves both; but it is expensive. Additionally, the abilities for maintaining aircraft are not as flexible as they want it to be and the customer support has proven unhelpful. Attached is a screenshot of the daily flying schedule; which does work well for their needs. A large drawback in the current maintenance abilities is that it also acts as inventory management. This complicates the procedures and provides a lot of extra overhead to the application they do not desire. A good maintenance ability for them may consist of only 2 parts: 1) a log of procedures performed on each aircraft and 2) display a schedule, similar to the flight schedule, of when procedures will need to be done next for each aircraft. Deliverables • An ERD that solves the problems above • An Access Database that implements the ERD w/ sample data • Saved SQL queries that demonstrate usage of your DB • Documentation/presentation that summarizes your ERD/experiences Deeper Insight to the Flight Schedule Composite Key: PA-28 161 N281HG: • PA –...
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...ability to sell the other line at a more competitive price as a greater portion of the cost has been allocated to the military line. With a greater portion of the civilian line’s cost allocated to the military line, the company now can enjoy greater profit potential through the civilian line as well. With a lower cost allocation attributed to the civilian line, the company can lower prices and gain a greater competitive advantage, increase unit sales, and though profit margins would then be lower, volume increases through reduced pricing would provide improved revenue. Although there is specific information that lacking to make an absolute decision on what is the best allocation base for applying overhead (total costs, price of the helicopters, difference between market value and cost, number of set-ups, cost per labor hour, and cost per machine hour), the difference in percent of total between labor and machine hours and between military contracts and civilian contracts provides enough information to suggest a solution. In order to comply with the controller’s request to find a...
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...David, S. (2015, April 29). Nepal earthquake: Aerial photos of remote Gorkha district show entire villages reduced to rubble. Retrieved 2 September 2015 from http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nepal-earthquake-aerial-photos-remote-gorkha-district-show-entire-villages-reduced-rubble-1499000 Race against time to find survivors in Nepal earthquake rubble [Photograph]. (2015). Retrieved 3 September 2015 from http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/438799/70-Brits-feared-dead-race-against-time-find-survivors-Nepal-earthquake-rubble-Everest Sharma, G. & Wilkes, T. (2015, May 16). Wreckage of missing U.S. helicopter found in Nepal; no survivors. Retrieved September 3, 2015 from http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/05/16/quake-nepal-helicopter-idINKBN0O00K120150516 Maritime NewZealand (2015, May 22). Dumped beacons waste time, money - and put lives at risk. The use of rescue helicopters at a cost of around $3000 an hour. Retrieved September 4, 2015 from http://www.maritimenz.govt.nz/news/media-releases-2015/20150602a.asp Zaugg, E. C., D. L. Hudson, & D. G. Long (2006). The BYU SAR: A small, student-built SAR for UAV operation (p. 410– 42). The 2006 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium. Florian, B. (2013). Heat Maps [Online image]. Retrieved September 4, 2015 from http://codeflow.org/entries/2013/feb/04/high-performance-js-heatmaps/ UAV Ground Control Station [Online image]. Retrieved September 4, 2015 from http://media.defenceindustrydaily.com/images/AIR_Raytheon_UAV_Universal_Control_System_lg...
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... An unmanned aircraft system; however more commonly known as a drone, is a relatively new technology that has only recently been available for use by consumers and the general public. Previously, they only had uses in a commercial or military setting, as they were too expensive for the average consumer to buy and maintain, in addition to being too difficult to operate. Currently they are available in many sizes and forms, with uses varying from land surveying, aerial photography, and even has a prominent use in militaries; including the United States, with operations carried out by drones date all the way back to 2002. Recent companies have been created upon designing and developing consumer drones, such as DJI, Parrot, and others. Each company introduces something special that their competitors don’t, whether it were to include an advanced camera sensor, drones that are easy to operate for all ages, and failsafe systems to avoid losing or damaging such a large investment while also preventing injury or harm to others. With the increasing availability and affordability of this technology to the general public, one may call for how this will affect people who do not invest or partake in this technology, and how it will affect them in their daily lives. People have argued that the technology should be outright banned, while others advocate for a softer approach, suggesting legislation such as bill HB 2350. Legislation and bills such as HB 2350 would protect those who wish to create...
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...contrasting means, the helicopter and the horse. While there were other, more conventional solutions to the mobility problem, such as trucks, jeeps, and light armored cars, these vehicles required at least crude roads, had other terrain limitations, and were vulnerable to land mines. The advent of the helicopter and its application in counter-insurgency began with the British in Malaya on 1 April 1950, with the formation of the Far East Casualty Air Evacuation Flight at Seletar with strength of three Westland S-51 Dragonfly helicopters. During the Malayan Emergency the British used their helicopters primarily for casualty evacuation and later for airlifting troops. Question that looms ahead for the future, no matter what the outcome in Jammu and Kashmir, and North Eastern States, is how the army aviation succeeds against fierce insurgency in strategy and capabilities. The Taliban’s resurgence, tenacious resistance against NATO forces in Afghanistan, Al Qaeda’s ability to elude United States forces, and the trouble Israel has had in trying to subdue violence in tiny Southern Lebanon (Hezbollah) and tinier Gaza (Hamas) deepen concern that even world’s finest militaries have problems against any kind of insurgent movement. Historical Background. The history of the use of airpower against irregulars’ dates back to 9 March 1916, Francisco "Pancho" Villa raided Columbus, New Mexico, and killed 17 Americans. The government of United States ordered General John "Black Jack" Pershing...
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...Raytheon (RTN) And Textron (TXT) Raytheon (RTN) Mission statement: “Aspiring to be the most admired defense and aerospace systems supplier through world-class people and technology”. (Raytheon.com) Background and History Raytheon was founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1922, as the American Appliance Company, by Laurence K. Marshall, Vannevar Bush, and Charles G. Smith. Marshall and Bush were engineering students, while Smith was an inventor and scientist, but they were all entrepreneurs. After failures to market an idea for a new refrigerator the trio began to focus on electronics. (Raytheon, Wikipedia.com) An idea that Smith and Bush had worked on years earlier, “a new kind of gaseous tube that would allow radios for the first time to be plugged into a wall socket and operate on electricity rather than batteries”, would be their new direction. (Raytheon Company, fundinginguniverse.com) After acquiring a patent for the idea and because an Indian company already had rights to the name American Appliance Company, Raytheon Manufacturing Company was born. (Raytheon Company, fundinginguniverse.com) The consumer demand for electronics was booming and the new radio-receiver power supply (gaseous rectifier), which immediately allow radios to be in every household for pennies of what it cost to continuously replace batteries. (History, Raytheon.com) As the competition for radio-receiving tubes began to intensify Raytheon, mainly Laurence K, Marshall, saw the need to diversify...
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...Aeronautical Science Perspective Paper Marcel Melo ASCI 202 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Rotary-wing aircraft are designed and built to fulfill a multitude of purposes and missions. Cargo, attack, transport, observation, etc. and with these different mission types come a plethora of design features. Such features include, but are certainly not limited to fully-articulated or semi-rigid rotor systems; two, three, four, or even five main rotor blades; skids, wheels; one or two engines. Yet, despite all the differences to the structure and therefore the aerodynamic properties of the helicopter, the one thing that remains constant in every aircraft are the flight controls and how they control pitch, roll, and yaw. All helicopters have three basic sets of controls. The cyclic controls the pitch of the rotor system as a whole, and therefore affects the pitch and roll of the fuselage. The collective changes the pitch of the blades, which changes the angle of attack and therefore lifts to change, which in turn causes the aircraft to pitch up or down. Additionally, adjusting the collective also has causes a change in torque of the main rotor and so the fuselage yaws left or right. And finally, to offset the torque of the main rotor the pedals change the pitch angle of the tail rotor which provides control in the yaw axis. The cyclic can affect changes in the roll and yaw of the fuselage by changing the lift vector of the rotor system. Aviator inputs to collective...
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