Remembering St. Patrick’s Day 2016 at NASTAR

By skycaptain / March 17, 2019 March 19, 2019 / News

On Thursday March 17th 2016, pilots Christopher Glos and David LeFrancois participated in a University of Texas Medical Branch led Commercial Spaceflight Passenger Training Study at The NASTAR Center. They experienced simulated suborbital spaceflights using NASTAR’s high-performance centrifuge-based simulator. This simulator generated high onset-offset, sustained acceleration (“G”) forces similar to those experienced in commercial spacecraft. Here is …

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Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 11, 2019

By skycaptain / March 11, 2019 March 19, 2019 / Cozy Experimental Aircraft Project

Used the Dremel tool to trim the edges around the NACA scoop and landing gear bulkheads then continued sanding.

Cozy Experimental Aircraft Update – March 10, 2019

By skycaptain / March 10, 2019 March 19, 2019 / Cozy Experimental Aircraft Project

Now that the bottom of the fuselage has cured, I removed the peel ply from the sides and from around the landing brake. Used a dremel tool to trim around bulkhead F22 and then sanded.

Citabria Update – March 9, 2019

By skycaptain / March 9, 2019 March 19, 2019 / Citabria

It was a sunny afternoon at CYPQ with the temperature up to 1 deg C so we wanted to get out to the Rice Lake practice area with the Citabria and fly off some of the winter cobwebs. Unfortunately we had some radio transmission problems after takeoff so we cut the flight short to get …

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Government announcement on Canada’s space program

By skycaptain / March 2, 2019 March 19, 2019 / News

As shown in today’s Globe and Mail, Beyond Blue Aerospace and the many companies involved in the Canadian Space Sector applauds the Government of Canada on their recent commitment to participate in NASA’s Lunar Gateway program. Thank you to the Government of Canada, those who supported the Don’t Let Go Canada campaign, and everyone who …

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Month: March 2019