Sharp said he estimates Nemesis NXT will be capable of 325 to 330 mph over a 3 km. Team Nemesis timeline calls for assembly to begin in the first quarter of 1999 and flight testing to take place by the third quarter of 99. A Web site will allow visitors to see the aircraft taking shape in the construction hanger by virtue of a live camera link. It started at the top. The White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security asked NASA to address the fact that an average of 17 people a month are killed in aviation accidents attributable to weather.
Pilots can choose from local, enroute and national images.
The next phase will be to broadcast real-time icing and turbulence reports. There are currently 57 sites in the U.S., with the remaining 53 sites to come on line later this year. Three sites have come on line since Wednesday, the opening day of AirVenture Oshkosh. The fuel scare that ruffled a lot of pilot's feathers at AirVenture Oshkosh is over. Mark Wagner of Phillips 66 announced Saturday at 1600 that after running the full range of 17 ASTM specification tests on 18 gallons of fuel collected from each of 14 trucks, the empirical evidence is that the gas is not contaminated and meets every standard for avgas.