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| fa22: matanuska glacier, alaska |
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Behold! The glorious majesty of Matanuska
Glacier!
But seriously, folks... Matanuska Glacier
truly is a sight to behold. About a hundred
miles from Anchorage, Matanuska Glacier
provides a rich and scenic up-close encounter
with a 'living' glacier. It's really
something to explore ice that massive. It's
dynamic, it's buckling, it's breathing. It's
amazing.
Winter begins to settle in and I begin to
truly understand the power of frozen ice in
Alaska. It is spectacular.
Janson,
http://floridana.typepad.com
Tags : Floridana Alaskiana Matanuska Glacier Valley Alaska Anchorage Ice Hike Hiking Earthquake Park |
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| F-22 Crash(YF-22 prototype) |
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The prototype YF-22 won a fly-off competition
against the Northrop/McDonnell-Douglas YF-23
for the Advanced Tactical Fighter contract.
In April 1992, during flight testing after
contract award, the first YF-22A prototype
crashed while landing at Edwards Air Force
Base in California. The test pilot, Tom
Morgenfeld, was not injured and the cause of
the crash was found to be a flight control
software error that allowed and created a
pilot-induced oscillation.The F-22 Raptor is
a fifth generation stealth fighter aircraft.
It was originally envisioned as an air
superiority fighter for use against the
Soviet Air Force, but is equipped for ground
attack, electronic warfare and signals
intelligence roles as well. Faced with a
protracted development period, the prototype
aircraft was designated YF-22 and, as F/A-22
during the three years before formally
entering United States Air Force service in
December 2005 as the F-22A. Lockheed Martin
Aeronautics is the prime contractor and is
responsible for the majority of the airframe,
weapon systems and final assembly of the
F-22. Along with Lockheed Martin, partner
Boeing Integrated Defense Systems provides
the wings, aft fuselage, avionics
integration, and all of the pilot and
maintenance training systems.The first
production F-22 was delivered to Nellis Air
Force Base, Nevada, on 14 January 2003. F-22
Dedicated Initial Operational Test and
Evaluation occurred on 27 October 2004. As of
late 2004, 51 Raptors were in service, with
22 more ordered under fiscal year 2004
funding. The first crash of a production F-22
occurred at Nellis Air Force Base on 20
December 2004, during takeoff. The pilot
ejected safely moments before impact. The
crash investigation revealed that a brief
interruption in power during an engine
shutdown prior to flight caused a malfunction
in the flight-control system.The technical
data for the aircraft has been amended to
avoid this problem in the future. USAF
officials were planning to reuse the remains
into a new airframe.The dual afterburning
Pratt & Whitney F119-PW-100 turbofans
incorporate thrust vectoring. Thrust
vectoring is in the pitch axis only, with a
range of ±20 degrees. The maximum thrust is
classified, though most sources place it at
about 35,000 lbf (156 kN) per engine. Maximum
speed is estimated to be Mach 1.72 in
supercruise mode and without external
weapons; with afterburners, it is "greater
than Mach 2.0" (2,120 km/h), according to
Lockheed Martin. The Raptor can easily exceed
its design speed limits, particularly at low
altitudes; max-speed alerts help prevent the
pilot from exceeding the limits. General John
P. Jumper, former U.S. Air Force Chief of
Staff, flew the Raptor faster than Mach 1.7
without afterburners on January 13, 2005.
Tags : F-22 prototype crash sky jet pilot airplane warbird fighter aircraft airforce boeing airbus 747 787 a380 accident |
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| FA-22 First Flight |
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First Flight of "Raptor01" America's newest
Air Superiority Fighter.....beautiful jet :)
Tags : Aviation |
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| Pitster Pro X4R vs vinco MX FA22 Pitbike Race Mini Moto |
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Local Utah Rider up at the Morgan Mini moto
races in the 12" beginner class took 4th
place on his pitster X4R and during the
second heat everyone crashed and they had to
re start the race- His clutch broke in the
crash so we let him race on a 2009 FA22- with
the same YX150 motor as his pitster- Results
slightly better :) Easily takes 1st place.
He came off the track Saying " What motorwork
has been done on this thing?" The wieght
difference is unreal- and the handling and
suspension can't be beat. High speed low
speed adjustable FOX podium rear - the bike
was built to win races.
Tags : vinco MX vincoMX racing pitbike pitbikes pit bike mini moto supermoto motard bbr pitster pro motovert klx |
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