Category Archives: Aviation

Apollo 11

Posted on 2019-07-20 by M. Eric Carr

Fifty years ago today, we landed on the Moon. Follow along “live” from fifty years ago. Continue reading →

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Investigating VOR signals, Part 1

Posted on 2017-07-30 by M. Eric Carr

A field trip is made to the Bangor (BGR) VOR beacon, in order to capture a clean signal from ground level. Continue reading →

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Apollo 11 source code made public

Posted on 2016-07-10 by M. Eric Carr

NASA has just released the Apollo program source code on Github. Continue reading →

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Granddad’s Altimeter

Posted on 2015-06-23 by M. Eric Carr

One of the most interesting mementos that I have from my grandfather is a surplus mechanical altimeter from the early days of United Airlines. It was an unusual object for a kid to see on someone’s bookshelf — even given … Continue reading →

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