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POPSEXPLORING THE SUBGLACIAL GAMBURTSEV MOUNTAINS Somewhere in the Gamburtsev region there could be a location were it is possible to drill down to ices that are more than a million years old. This is at least 200,000 years older than the most ancient ices currently in the possession of scientists.
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POPSGeorgia closes air space to Russia "If Georgia doesn’t provide an air corridor, Russia will find alternative ways of supplying its military base here," Aghabekian told EurasiaNet. "After all, Russia is bound by an agreement with Armenia that commits it to keeping the base combat-ready and on high alert. Russia will resort to any method to honor that obligation."
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POPSThe World's Greatest Aviation Innovations 9. The flying wing -- Yves Rossy keeps breaking records and defying expectations with his 8-foot-diameter, carbon composite flying wing. Last week he made a successful 13 minute, 125 mph trip across the English Channel. 10. Stealth aircraft -- What's cooler than a plane that can outsmart radar? Because the surfaces of a stealth are designed to absorb radio waves or reflect them away from the receiver, stealth planes can sneak in and sneak out undetected. Too bad they're so expensive: The 21 plane B-2 program cost over $45 billion. 11. Jetway -- Another one most of us don't think about is the long covered walkway the connects our departure gate with our plane. 12. Deicing -- Ice buildup is the cause of many fatal aircraft accidents, which is why applying monopropylene de-icing fluid to wings pre-flight has become standard operating procedure.
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POPSTurkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq There goes the Northern Front: "But on the streets of Turkey, public anger has mounted with each funeral held for the slain soldiers. The anger has turned toward Turkish leaders as well. On Sunday, mourners booed Gul at a funeral in the western city of Eskisehir, and they booed Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan at another funeral in Armutlu village, near the capital."
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POPSUN Aircraft attack rebels in DR of Congo Hostilities have continued in eastern DRC despite stabilization in much of the rest of the vast country, which was torn by years of civil war. On Monday, the DRC called for UN peacekeepers to be given a clear mandate and the resources necessary to impose peace by force if necessary. “Confronted by the drama occurring in the east of the Congo, MONUC must be authorized to act, and can act in a convincing manner,” Permanent Representative Ileka Atoki told the General Assembly’s annual General Debate.
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POPSauction for taking off and landing? had no idea this happens! 3 airports at NY? i thought they had 2? the FAA proposed slot auctions at the three New York area airports. It figured that by forcing airlines to pay for taking off and landing at certain times, rather than just scheduling flights congestion could be moderately reduced
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POPSBuild another airport says Boris Boris should just shut up, this proposed airport would certainly affect my area, no we don't want it, someone gag him and yes lets lose our connections to the world.
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POPS"Bee" Haydu - WWII Pilot "The WASP program was an outgrowth of the Women's Flying Training Detachment and Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron, and was intended to free up male pilots for combat. A total of 25,000 women applied, and 1,074 earned their wings. The WASP fliers originally were civil service-paid and were disbanded on Dec. 20, 1944. In 1977, Congress declared the WASPs veterans of World War II."
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POPSDispute over US- Pakistani F-16 deal But the move has raised the ire of some representatives in Congress. They are blocking the payment because they say the money was supposed to go towards counterterror programs. "We are concerned that the administration’s proposal to use military assistance to pay for the F-16 upgrades will divert funds from more effective counterterrorism tools like helicopters, TOW missiles, and night-vision goggles," said Howard Berman and Nita Lowey, heads of two key committees in the House of Representatives, in a July statement.
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POPSLockheed Maneuvers for Big Cargo Business The Hill's Roxana Tiron reports on a big potential deal for Lockheed Martin. Note to investors: Lockheed's stock has been hit this week, along with everybody else, but is flat for the year. It sells for 12.6 times projected 2009 earnings, versus an equivalent aggregate multiple of 13.3 for the S&P 500.
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POPSPalin's Favorability Ratings Begin to Falter so as not to sully this positive first impression. Advertisement The polls reflected the early success of her strategy. In the three days after Palin joined Team McCain--Aug. 29-31--32 percent of voters told the pollsters at Diageo/Hotline that they had a favorable opinion of her; most (48 percent) didn't know enough to say.
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POPSRush is on to prevent AIG from failing The big question I have over all this is it just the Ultra Rich trying to keep their wealth from sinking or are they really doing all this to help the average US citizen? It seems all these continued bailouts are just to save the ultra rich and extremely wealthy from becoming just upper middle class?
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POPS"Yankee Hegemony Is Finished," Says Chavez Chavez has called the U.S. Navy's newly re-established Fourth Fleet a threat. On Wednesday, he said he's sure "nuclear submarines pass under our noses" off Venezuela's coast. He said Venezuela is aiming to strengthen its "defensive capability with our strategic allies, and Russia is one of them." Later, Chavez called the U.S. the "empire" as he addressed troops at the christening of a newly built coast guard patrol ship. "Every day, relations between Venezuela and Russia will continue to deepen." He dismissed comparisons to the Cold War, but mentioned Cuba while saying he had been reviewing flight theory in a simulator in hopes of flying one of the Russian planes. Addressing his close friend Fidel Castro, Chavez said: "I'm going to fly a Tu-160. Fidel, I'm going to fly low past you there."
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POPSFreighter stranded in Gulf of Mexico I am so glad they figured out a way to rescue these people. Earlier this morning it seemed as if they would have to ride out the hurricane in the Gulf. "It's a dangerous mission. It's what we do,'' he said. "We're lifesavers.''
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POPSIsrael Wants to Attack Iran, US Military Aid Denied Israel is impotent without the U.S.. They have always used America in their own war agendas. Note the strategic importance in the big picture of Iraqi air space which this Israeli news article mentions! This is just one reason why Israel and the neocon agenda demanded regime change in Iraq, which clears the way for further wars of aggression in the region by Israel, under a pretense of a "war on terrorism" (which both Obama and McCain will continue). Note too that while the US has been somewhat restraining Israel, this is mentioned too: Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, in private discussions, even raised the possibility that the U.S. was considering an attack in the transition period between the election in November and the inauguration of the new president in January 2009.
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