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Lovejoy Comet Flies Over Southern Hemisphere ISS

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Dec 262011

Credit: Image Science and Analysis Laboratory, NASA-Johnson Space Center. “The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth.”

This video was taken by the crew of Expedition 30 on board the International Space Station. The sequence of shots was taken December 21, 2011 from 17:35:50 to 17:43:02 GMT, on a pass from eastern Australia southeast to New Zealand. This brief video features the Lovejoy Comet, which passed by the sun around December 16, and can be seen over the Southern Hemisphere over the South Pacific countries.

Flying Automobile NX59711 (1946)

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Mar 272011

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From Popular Science March 1946

A flying automobile with a 130-hp. Franklin engine cruises at 110 m.p.h, in the air and travels 60 m.p.h, on the road. Those speeds were set by the first model of a design by Ted Hall, aviation engineer. Portable Products Corp., Garland, Tex., is considering the possibilities of producing it.

The “roadable” plane has detachable propeller, wing, booms, and tail. The forward end of the engine crankshaft turns the prop, while a shaft extends aft from the engine into a conventional automobile transmission and differential. Power goes both to propeller and rear wheels for the take-off.

The Flying Car, seen around the Southern Aircraft Plant in Garland immediately after WWII, was a prototype called the Southern Roadable. With attached wings, tail and propeller, the 1800-pound vehicle could fly at up to 128 mph. The rudder control activated its clutch and brakes for highway driving, SAC was unable to meet development schedules, and the unit was returned to its designer in California.

via http://aerofiles.com

1940: Southern Aircraft Div, Portable Products Corp (pres: Willis C Brown), Garland and Greenville TX; 1947: Houston TX.

Aerocar 1946 = 2pChwM; 130hp Franklin 6AC; span: 30’0″ v (est): 128/x/x range (est): 310. Ted Hall. Roadable with demountable wing and twin-boom, twin-tail unit, a development by Hall of his twin-boom auto-plane concepts. It is uncertain if this was ever specifically produced under the Southern banner, or if it was one of Hall’s projects in the works, as it was first flown at San Diego CA in 1939. POP: 1 [NX59711], made several test flights, but proved to be underpowered and the project was abandoned in the post-war slump.

A Drive to Kai Tak 1998 香港启德机场

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Oct 012009

Clearing out old footage. I was going to delete this one, but thought some of you would like to see the runway, island and some planes. This was taken from one of the famous Hong Kong mini-buses. Gives you a good feel for how long a runway is too.

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