NO GYRO
APPROACH
A radar
approach/vector provided in case of a malfunctioning gyro-compass
or directional gyro. Instead of providing the pilot with headings
to be flown, the controller observes the radar track and issues
control instructions "turn right/left" or "stop turn" as
appropriate.
Aero-Linx: The Boeing 747-8
Family
With the first two 787s now in the air, its time for BNoeing's
NEXT new airplane to ready for first flight. "The Boeing 747-8
Intercontinental and 747-8 Freighter are the new high-capacity 747s
that offer airlines the lowest operating costs and best economics
of any large passenger or freighter airplane, while providing
enhanced environmental performance."
"Today's students will be the ones going to the moon and
beyond to live, explore and work... This project gives them a
head start in preparing for those future ventures by allowing them
to conduct hands-on research and engineering today in a unique
reduced-gravity laboratory."
Source: Douglas Goforth, the Reduced
Gravity Education Flight Program manager at NASA's Johnson Space
Center in Houston, speaking of the teams that NASA has
selected -- 28 undergraduate student teams to test their science
experiments in simulated weightlessness.
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