Future changed with gravitational wave

You all heard about the gravitational wave. Google it if you don't. I am not going to explain what gravitational waves are ( I am not even sure if I'm qualified enough to do so). But I like to say what our future will be with a discovery like this.

Future will hold an ever greater eye towards space. We don't need powerful telescope satellites to wander around black holes or other universe. Most of the observation now are being done via spectrum analysis. Now, we have a new set of eyes called gravitational waves upon which we can pry on to the galaxy. 

Stuffs which are previously invisible will suddenly become visible. With the accurate study of these waves, we can see how bodies in universe works. This might eventually lead to answering our greatest questions about universe. 

Exciting.

Cheers.

CK

Can Commercial planes refuel in air?

Nope.

Commercial aircrafts like Boeing 737 or Airbus A320 cannot be refueled in air. Planes that can be refueled are strictly designed for military purposes.

Commercial aircrafts are designed for scheduled flights. It's a law by FAA to not let any aircraft up in the air unless they have a flight plan that was approved by airport authorities. 

Pre-determined fuel quantity is already calculated way ahead of any flight. In fact,airlines have to submit 6 months schedule ahead. 

The fundamental rule of commercial aircraft is to be safe. To make a system safe, we should be able to predict the system. To predict the system, we need to know the various parameters involved in it. Fuel is one of the parameter. 

To refuel in air means quantity of fuel is going to be unpredictable. And that's not safe. We can't allow that. FAA doesn't allow that. That's not how civil aviation works. 

Commercial flight doesn't tolerate unpredictability. Refueling in mid flight is just unpredictable.

Stay cool. 

CK

RC Planes

Building and flying RC planes was my hobby in college. I used to be in part of fun team and we used to participate in all these competitions in different colleges. 

RC plane building is complete fun. There was this website called RCPowers.com where they used to sell different RC plane plans. They also had a youtube channel were they used to demonstrate all varieties of planes they used to fly.

RC planes they built were modeled based on famous fighter aircraft. 

Check out their YouTube channel : https://www.youtube.com/user/RCSuperPowers

Thank You for reading.

CK

100th Post! Thank You All!

This is awesome. I am officially going to post the 100th post! Can't believe it's 100th one already! 

I just want to tell you that I'm profoundly thankful to you. For your support. For your faith.

Since this is special, I am dedicating this to my friends who has been there with me all along. 

My life wouldn't be colorful without them. Every day I am so glad to have such awesome people in my life. All of these wouldn't mean anything without them. 

Having friends and value of friendship is eternally priceless. 

We all have highs and lows in our life. We all have a little strength and little weakness in our life. Maybe our life is easy. Maybe it's hard. Whatever it may be, it's worth it! 

It doesn't matter how much you screwed up. It doesn't matter hoe unforgiving world can be. If you have friends in your life, you have everything. 

Believe in the best. Believe unwaveringly. Just believe.

Thank You for your support. 

Here's to next 100 and an awesome future!

-CK 

Efficiency of a Real Aeronautical Engineer

Skunk Works of Lockheed Martin is one of the most respected organizations in the world. It's truly the birth place of many legendary aircrafts known to mankind. 

Skunk Works was a company inside company. It had rules similar to many current startups. They were very agile and flexible. It had all the traits of a billion dollar startup. Small competent team. No B.S. with politics or corporate laws. Strict financial control. And most of all they loved what they were creating. 

The corner stone of Skunk works were laid by none other than the great Kelly Johnson. Kelly was a brilliant engineer and skilled leader. 

He was so efficient that higher management was always chasing him with position of president in LM. But his real efficiency is with U-2 project. 

Usually in every government project around the world, companies run out money. Companies all around the world try very hard to stay in line with budget. Projects especially with aviation takes longer and usually break the budget line. It's through variation and added value, contractors gain the money. 

With U-2 top secret project it was different.

U-2's project was handled in such a way that US Air Force got an aircraft that performs beyond their expectations and cost less. With U-2 project, LM returned 1 million dollar back to the government. 

That's how efficient Skunk Works was. That's how efficient a real aeronautical engineer is. 

Strive to be a better engineer. A better leader. 

Cheers.

CK

Oh, It's good to Back!

Alright folks. I'm back, stronger than ever. 

I had to take some time off between my office and business. My apologies. 

Starting tomorrow we will resume our blog posting; although, technically this is also a post. 

I thank all my readers for your faith and support.

Cheers! 

CK

New B-2 Stealth Bomber Air-to-Air Footage

This video was uploaded by Northrop Grumman recently. It has amazing air to air footage of B-2 Spirit seen never before. Watch it in HD.

I couldn't write last week. My apologies. 

CK