Mustang Aeronautics Mustang II is a two-seat aerobatic sports airplane developed and marketed in the United States for homebuilding. It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction and most are fitted with fixed conventional landing gear. Robert Bushby acquired the rights to the Long Midget Mustang in 1959 and four years later began development of a two-seat, side-by-side version. This eventually flew in 1966 and plans were made available soon thereafter. Rights to the both the Midget Mustang and the Mustang II were sold to Mustang Aeronautics in 1992.

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* 1977 – Peter Furlong starts Gippsland Aeronautics as an aircraft maintenance and modification business.

* 1984 – George Morgan joins Peter Furlong to form Gippsland Aeronautics Pty Ltd as an incorporated entity

*1985 to 1991 – Gippsland Aeronautics develops the GA200 agricultural aircraft following approaches by local aircraft operators to design an agricultural aircraft with better lifting and handling capabilities than other available aircraft.

*1991 – The GA200C Fatman is Type Certificated by the Australian Civil Aviation Authority.

*1993 – The company commences design work on a new aircraft designated the GA8 that will fill a market niche between the six-seater Cessna 206 and the ten-seater Cessna Caravan.

* 1995 – The “proof of concept” GA8 Airvan makes its first flight in March 1995 and attends the Australian International Airshow at Avalon.

* 1996 – The prototype GA8 Airvan makes its first flight August 1996. The Airvan then undergoes a major flight testing and development program.

* 2000 – Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority certificates the GA8 Airvan to FAR 23 Amendment 48.

* 2001 – In December, the first export Airvan is delivered to Maya Island Air in Belize, Central America.

* 2002 – The US Civil Air Patrol appoints Gippsland Aeronautics to supply Airvans, making the CAP the first American organisation to own and fly the Airvan – and the largest fleet owner of the Australian GA8 worldwide.

* 2003 – Airvan gains Type Certi

* 2004 – First Airvan is delivered to a Canadian operator, Wings Over Wilderness.

**Cargo Pod for Airvan certified by Australian Civil Aviation Authority.

*2005 – The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certifies the GA8 Airvan.

*2005 – Gippsland Aeronautics Airvan airframe #100 rolled out in September 2006. The completion of 100 Airvans is considered to be a significant milestone in Australian aircraft manufacturing. Only two other manufacturers of Australian civil aircraft have built more than 100 aircraft in the post-WW2 era. The others being the Victa Airtourer (168) and the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) with 170 twin-engined N22 & N24 Nomads.

*2007 – February, Gippsland Aeronautics has built 110 GA8 Airvans and 50 GA200 Fatmans.

*2009 – December, Mahindra Aerospace Pvt. Ltd. (MAPL), belonging to Mahindra Group of India, buys 75.1% majority stake.

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Orbiter Mini UAV System Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is a compact and lightweight system designed for use in Military and Homeland Security missions. It has been used with great effect in the Middle East since it was first developed. The system is used for ‘Over The Hill’ reconnaissance missions, Low Intensity Conflicts and Urban warfare operations as well as any close range ISTAR mission. It is manufactured by the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems Ltd.

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The NASA logo dates back to 1959, when the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) metamorphosed into an agency that would advance both astronautics and aeronautics: the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

After a NASA Lewis Research Center illustrator’s design was chosen for the new agency’s official seal, the head of Lewis’ Research Reports Division, James Modarelli, was asked by the executive secretary of NASA to design a logo that could be used for less formal purposes. Modarelli simplified the seal, leaving only the white stars and orbital path on a round field of blue with a red vector. Then he added white N-A-S-A lettering.

In the NASA insignia design, the sphere represents a planet, the stars represent space, the red chevron, in the alternate shape of the constellation Andromeda, is a wing representing aeronautics (the latest design in hypersonic wings at the time the logo was developed). Then there is the orbiting spacecraft going around the wing. Although known officially as the insignia, NASA’s round logo was nicknamed the “meatball”. In 1975, NASA decided a more modern logo was in order and switched to the NASA logotype, nicknamed the “worm,” a red, stylized rendering of the letters N-A-S-A. The insignia is made up of only 2 colors, red (Pantone PMS185, or HTML #EF3D42 ) and blue (Pantone PMS286, or HTML #0060A9).

The NASA logotype (”worm”) was retired from official in 1992. The design is used only for special occasions and commercial merchandising purposes approved by the Visual I

The official NASA seal is reserved for use in connection with the NASA Administrator. It is used in more formal traditional and ceremonial events such as award presentations and press conferences. According to NASA Headquarters, the seal should never be used with the NASA insignia, since the two elements are intended for different purposes and are visually incompatible when seen side by side.

Like most images produced by the United States Government, the “meatball” insignia, the “worm” logo and the NASA seal are in the public domain. However, their usage is restricted under Code of Federal Regulations 14 CFR 1221. These NASA emblems should be reproduced only from original reproduction proofs, transparencies, or computer files available from NASA Headquarters.

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Urban Aeronautics X-Hawk is a design for a flying car which is being developed by Rafi Yoeli of Tel Aviv, Israel. Yoeli and his privately held company, Urban Aeronautics, claim to have flown the car to a height of 3 ft, though they say that greater heights are possible. It will be about the size of a large van. The X-Hawk and its smaller unmanned version, the Mule, would be used in search and rescue operations where a helicopter would be useless or at least very dangerous, such as evacuating people from the upper stories of burning buildings, or delivering and extracting police and soldiers while very close to structures, narrow streets, and confined spaces.
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Clarence Leonard “Kelly” Johnson (February 27, 1910& – December 21, 1990) was an aircraft engineer and aeronautical innovator. As a member and first team leader of the Lockheed Skunk Works, Johnson worked for more than four decades and is said to have been an “organizing genius.” He played a leading role in the design of over forty aircraft, including several that were honored with the prestigious Collier Trophy, acquiring a reputation as one of the most talented and prolific aircraft design engineers in the history of aviation. In 2003, as part of its commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Wright Brothers’ flight, Aviation Week & Space Technology ranked Johnson 8th on its list of the top 100 “most important, most interesting, and most influential people” in the first century of aerospace. Hall Hibbard, Kelly’s Lockheed boss, once remarked to Ben Rich: “That damned Swede can actually see air”.

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AERONAUTICS COLLEGE, SUNABEDA, formerly Aeronautics Commerce and Arts College, is a college in the Karaput District of Orissa, India. It was established with the express objective of meeting the academic requirement of the children of the HAL employees beyond school level. The College has been functioning under the aegis of Aeronautics Education Society (an autonomous registered body of HAL) since its inception.

Initially it started with intermediate classes in Arts and Commerce streams affiliated to Berhampur University. Subsequently after the induction of +2 streams, the college was reaffiliated to CHSE(O), Bhubaneswar. Science stream was introduced in 1984. The college is permanently affiliated to CHSE (O) and Berhampur

University for +2 and +3 courses respectively since.

Degree courses in Arts/Commerce/Science opened in 1993. The diligent effort of the college authorities in opening Honours courses in the college bore fruit. In the current session the college offers honours courses in Chemistry, Physics, History, Economics and Commerce. Presently there are 1100 students on the rolls. The present strength of our academia is 44.

Over the years the college has a track record of showing remarkable results at all levels : at Intermediate, +2 and +3 stages. The college has succeeded in accomplishing the best of academics in the undivided Koraput District. Simultaneously the college is believed to be one of the top ranking colleges in the state of Orissa.

TEACHING STAFF OF THE COLLEGE
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Hindustan Aeronautics Limited SC is an institutional Indian football club from Bangalore and named after the company Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. They currently play in the I-League Second Division. They are one of the top clubs from Bangalore, and have played in the Premier Division of the NFL before. They are managed by Krishnaji Rao.

After finishing third in the NFL Second Division in 2006, HAL SC has been promoted to the Premier Division. Although only the top two teams from the Second Division get promoted, Tata Football Academy, who finished first in the standings, were not able to form a professional team for the Premier Division. Therefore, HAL SC will be promoted to the 11th NFL Premier Division along with runners up Churchill Brothers SC.

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It is a low-wing cantilever monoplane of metal construction and most are fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Developed by Piper engineer David Long in 1948, plans for production by Schweizer were underway at the time of Long’s death two years later. All rights and tooling were purchased by Robert Bushby in 1959, who sold plans and kits until 1992, when he sold the rights to Mustang Aeronautics. The Midget Mustang design being marketed in 2007 is similar to the original, with the exception of a bubble canopy replacing the straight line of the upper tailcone and sliding canopy of Long’s original design.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

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