Elements Of Power

Commentary and discussion on world events from the perspective that all goings-on can be related to one of the six elements of National Power: Military, Economic, Cultural, Demographic, Organizational, & Geographical. All Elements are interrelated and rarely can one be discussed without also discussing its impact on the others

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Sunday, April 13, 2008

I Got the AA MD-80 Travelin’ Blues

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And I don’t blame American Airlines at all: not one whit . Friday, I was in the Ontario (California) Airport Terminal 4 and like Darryl Jenk...

Sunday, October 14, 2007

N409L (Not So Mysterious Plane) Busts Bush Airspace

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Update: Corrections made thanks to a commenter who reminds me there are two Redmonds in the Northwest (Since I was born in and lived in Oreg...

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Thursday, June 21, 2007

Let's Get Ready To Rumble

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THIS is a huge development in the fight to keep the Air Transport Association from taking defacto control of future air travel and our sk...

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

"Big Air" Pushes Their Vision of The Future

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And it involves squashing everyone else..... (Hat tip, Instapundit ) If you visit the site home page where this graphic came from you will ...

Monday, October 16, 2006

Roundup on Latest VLJ and Air Taxi Developments

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Archive (Friday's Post) Here Quarterly (4 months actually) Update on Very Light Jets & Air Taxis After I posted a few items on how V...

Saturday, October 14, 2006

Very Light Jets (VLJs) and Air Taxis

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I haven't posted anything about Very Light Jets and the Air Taxi concept for a while, but there's been a lot going on lately in this...

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

FAA Changes Improve Air Taxi Prospects

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An article from yesterday includes the following: ...“WAAS-equipped commercial operators will gain access to Category 1 equivalent approac...

Monday, March 13, 2006

VLJs and Air Taxis: The Contenders

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While the net number of platforms seems to be growing on the list of contenders, I’ll focus on only what I see as the three most viable at t...

Monday, March 06, 2006

The Air Taxi: Disruptive Innovation Part B

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Continuing with the Air Taxi Discussion... Next-generation Air Taxi operators will be using VLJs with significantly lower acquisition and op...

The Air Taxi: Disruptive Innovation

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The emerging Air Taxi transport concept has the potential to revolutionize the air transportation industry. This revolution will be driven b...

Thursday, March 02, 2006

Eclipse Starts Production

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Talk about a dynamic environment! Here's some news to chew on until I finish my more complete posting on the subject: Yesterday, Eclipse...

Saturday, February 25, 2006

Eclipse 500 Wins the Collier Trophy

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Now THIS is cool Innovation and Paradigm Shifts: Synergy of the Economic and Cultural Elements of Power. I’ve been following the Eclipse st...

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SMSgt Mac: I am a '3rd Generation Aerospace' Professional and a retired Air Force Senior NCO. I maintained and tested airborne precision guided weapons the first half of my Air Force career [including AIMVAL/ACEVAL, TASVAL79, AIM-9L FOT&E--IYAAYAS!] and flight tested RPVs, Drones and Cruise Missiles [XBQM-106A, Pave Tiger/Panther, CALCM, ACM and 'others'] the second half. Since my AF retirement I have worked on many aircraft, UAV and weapons programs. I have worked systems, flight, and laboratory test programs about half the time, and have worked R&M Engineering, Depot Operations, and Operations Analysis (Combat and Logistics) the other half, I am now the Lead Engineer xx x xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxx xxxx (doing 'stuff') on yet another major weapon systems program and still involved in a wide range of Aerospace Engineering and Military Operations Research activities for multiple programs.

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