Buttonville...

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680 News traffic reports
The Weather Network weather forecasting for the communities of Markham and Richmond Hill
Toronto Airways

They can't move anywhere else!

Here are some possibilities:
CYYZ (Toronto Pearson International Airport) can't be used; it handles international traffic and would force lengthy delays for small aircraft (Distance from Toronto: 11.9 KM)
CYTZ (Toronto Billy Bishop International Airport) can't be used; a cramped space would not allow more aircraft and international traffic makes use of a warehouse to be out of the question (Distance from Toronto:  1 KM (due to flying time))
CYZD (Toronto Downsview Airport) Used as a manufacturing facility and cannot be used for the public (Distance from Toronto: approx 15 KM)

The organisations nearest airport that they can use is Oshawa Airport (CYOO) and is more than 40 KM from downtown Toronto and cannot be used as it would take 30 minutes from Oshawa to Toronto. As for the Weather Network, they would have to pay to use land as in Buttonville Airport, the amount of pay was low as it was essential for the Weather Network to conduct forecasting for wind and temperature for the aircraft taking off and landing.

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The New Year

What will you do during the New Year? What will your New Year's Resolution gonna be?
This is what I will be doing:
December 31st: Celebrating my little bro's birthday. I will post a video about him soon (From birth to present)!
January 1st: Celebrate the new year by visiting friends and family!

What will you do? Leave a comment and tell us what you will be doing!

My Horrifying Dream (Continued) - Part 3/5 The Ditching

I swore. At 32 feet and only 121 knots, my wings had no lift left to give. I couldn't turn; my wings would hit something and I would descend faster. I pulled more on my control column. 16 degrees. 33. 37. 44. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 45. 33. I pushed on the control column. We were at only 115 knots and I had to find a way to get to at least 118 knots. Otherwise, the plane will break up on impact with the water. 27 feet, 117.5 knots. 118 knots. 12 feet. Here's is a brief explanation of what the plane's instruments were showing:
Altimeter: 9 feet
Speed: 118.4 knots.
Descent Rate: 221 feet/minute
Flaps: 2 degrees
Radio Altimeter: 12 feet.
I was far ahead of downtown Toronto and this was a very scary experience. Furthermore, I was dangerously far from the land. Maybe 2000 feet from the land. 3 feet. I left my instruments and I braced. We hit hard. All I saw now was water pouring over the windshield. This is it. I looked up. "THE DITCHING BUTTON!". I forgot to press it. Now, with no power to anything, it wouldn't work. It was to late. I looked back. Thousands of gallons of water were pouring in. I couldn't get out yet. I had a 3 page evacuation and after-ditching checklists to complete. And those, would take me at least 4 minutes for both my co-pilot and I to complete.
Start Levers. Off.
Cross levers. Off.
Engine Thrust. Idle.
Reset. On/Off.
Auto-throttle. Off.
Autopilot. Off and disengaged.
Evacuation Checklist Complete.
After-ditching checklist.
Start Columns. Neutral...
When we finished both checklist, the ice cold water was at my waist. "Let's get out of here" My co-pilot listened to me, and amazed that I ditched the plane successfully. Something he probably couldn't do. It was an extremely difficult aviation feat. I opened the over-wing exit doors and we jumped on the wing of the plane. I closed the door.There was only one hitch. I was dumb enough to not go on the emergency exit door which had a raft that could be detached from the aircraft and the other was that I chose to exit from the right side which was further away from land. Now, no one can see us from their view. The wing was slippery and I fell of twice and as every second went by, the lower into the water the aircraft went, and the chance of me and my instructor surviving, was dissolving away.

To Be Continued...

What On Earth Is This?!?

Qantas flight 32

Hit birds?
no.
No Fuel?
no.
What?
The engine broke itself. Literally.

Part 1/2 (Left)
Part 2/2 (Right)

My Horrifying Dream (Continued) - Part 2/5 The Glide

"Yeah, you need to come back to Toronto, uh, Turn right 180. You have about a 100 miles to fly"
I was already rolled into the right turn, and I switched on the Auxiliary Power Unit or APU. It's an emergency generator. Engines not only provide thrust, but the power required to manipulate the aircraft. My co-pilot began reading our descent rate (1000 feet/minute), speed (220 knots) and altitude (21 800 feet) to determine if we could make Toronto. We had 22 minutes to fly. No more. When we were about 60 miles from the airport. Now we had 11 minutes to fly and 11 260 feet in the air, we have awful news. We will not make Toronto Pearson Int'l Airport and Toronto City Centre Airport are out of question. We can make City Centre Airport but it will be too dangerous. The runway that is used for landings is too short for our plane and the runway that we would have to land on would be too dangerous: 25 knots of crosswind would be too dangerous to land. If we were to land, we risk a big chance of overshooting their runway and breaking up in the water. There was only one other place to land. Lake Ontario. Ditching in Lake Ontario would be extremely difficult. If not impossible. 4 minutes to fly. I radioed to the controller "Toronto Tower, Learjet Golf Zulu, we're gonna be in the water. 2 600 feet. City Centre Airport was 3 miles ahead of us. I knew that the best chance of surviving, was going beside the airport. We would hit the water about 6 miles ahead of the airport. A dangerous distance from downtown. Now the plane was at 178 knots, as I was getting ready for the ditching. I was too high and I had to do another dangerous maneuver to lose altitude but not speed. The side slip. I got down to 540 feet and 142 knots. I brought the plane to a pitch of 12 degrees for the ditching and reduced the descent rate. The altimeter read 40 feet. I just passed City Centre Airport and I saw a tree, and boats.

To be continued...

Happy Holidays!

To those celebrating Hanukkah, Aerospot wishes you a happy celebration. Happy Hanukkah!
To those celebrating Christmas, Aerospot wishes you a happy celebration. Merry Christmas!
To those celebrating Diwali, Aerospot wishes you a happy celebration. Happy Diwali!
To those celebrating Kwanzaa, Aerospot wishes you a happy celebration. Happy Kwanzaa!
If your celebration is not here, sorry, but Aerospot wish you a happy celebration!
Happy Holidays!

My Horrifying Dream - Part 1/5 Gear Up

"Mayday Mayday Mayday, Learjet Charlie Golf Zulu Hotel Alpha, We've lost both engines, We're turning back toward Toronto. Now out of FL230"

A Learjet 85

I was about to earn my flight license. This plane was a brand-new Learjet 85.I was on my last test flight, out of Buttonville Airport to Ottawa MacDonald Cartier Int'l Airport. "Learjet Golf Zulu, cleared for takeoff runway 15". I pushed the throttles forward. My engines instruments read full power and accelerating through 30 knots. I looked out of my window excited about finally getting to fly. "80 Knots" my co-pilot yelled out. "Confirmed". We were now about 800 metres from the end of the runway. "V1". "Rotate". We were at 136 knots. I pulled back on to my control column. I was looking at my altimeter. Ground level was 576 feet. We started climbing. 580. 590. 600. 610. 630. 655. 680. We were 100 feet in the air. "Positive rate, gear up". My co-pilot retracted the landing gear. "V2" He yelled out. He then reduced thrust to idle on the number 2 engine. "Engine failure number 2". It was a simple process to fix and I was up for it. I was not allowed to increase thrust from the number 2 engine. I changed the pitch trim and tail trim to keep the plane level and climbing. "Learjet Charlie Golf Zulu, contact Toronto Departure on 121.75. Good Day". "Going to 121.75, Learjet Golf Zulu". I switched our transpnder to the setting. "Toronto Departure, Learjet Golf Zulu 900 climbing one zero thousand (10 000)."Roger, Learjet Golf Zulu, turn left heading 080". I rolled the plane into a left turn. "Turning left 080, Learjet Golf Zulu". I showed my co-pilot that I succesfully passed the engine failure test. I set thrust for both engines at 80 N1 (Climb thrust). We were now at 10 000 feet about 30 miles from Buttonville. "Learjet Golf Zulu, resume own navigation, contact Toronto Center on 121.9". I responded with the usual responses and we got to
22 000 feet (FL220). 30 seconds later... Boom. Alerts going on in the cockpit. I look at my engine instruments. 70 N1. 60 N1. 50 N1. 20 N1. -2 N1. No thrust. This was not at all suppose to happen. The co-pilot was surprised and decided not to take control of the aircraft from me. I was already handling the engine failure and the shaking control column and he knew I was flying the aircraft well. We were 95 miles from our nearest major airport with full emergency support. And that was Toronto Pearson International Airport. From only 22 000 feet, it would be very hard to glide that such distance, if we could. I shouted:
"Mayday Mayday Mayday, Toronto Center, Learjet Golf Zulu is 19 miles of CYGK, we've lost both engines, now out of FL220.

To be continued...

Such a Day!

So many prizes! So many prizes won! Lots of fun!

The Phoster Poster

A Twisted Ankle

Horrible! I TWISTED MY ANKLE!

That's my cast! Apparently, my doctor diagnosed me with a twisted ankle today.  I have no idea how I twisted it, all I know is that it happened during the night and it started to come as I woke up this morning. My bone was sticking out and my foot wanted to go on its left side and I was limping. It hurts and I have to keep the cast on for about 2 weeks! Hopefully, it will heal by then. Or earlier.

The Hobbit: Chapter 1

The Hobbit: Chapter 1

Bilbo Baggins holds a tea party with the wizard Gandalf not knowing that he has also invited a team of dwarves to join his party. Why did Bilbo choose to hold a tea party? My reaction to the chapter was that Bilbo chose to hold the tea party. Maybe Bilbo was thinking "Who is this wizard to let things go straight out of hand"?

My Instructional Video!

Watch me explain to you how to make a grilled cheese sandwich!!!

The password is the normal one for the Instructional Video Projects. It's in your Google Docs!

Statistics Report:

Statistics Report: December 11th 2011 at 9:27 PM

Pageviews by countries:
Canada...........................2927
Russia.............................157
United States...................63
Norway...........................15
Germany.........................11
France.............................3
Brazil..............................2
United Kingdom...............2
Malaysia.........................2
Poland............................2

Total Pageviews: 3186

GRAD GUY

GRAD GUY:
 My Comics.

1)Talking Airplanes...................Release Date: December 12th 2011
2) My New iPod........................Release Date: December 19th 2011
3) Giving Presents......................Release Date: December 26th 2011
4) About the Holidays................Release Date: January 2st 2012

The Hobbit

My Novel:

The Hobbit
By J.R.R. Tolkien

3000 Views?

3000 VIEWS!

Can you believe it? We now have 3000 views!

Our Instructional Video Project

My Instructional Video Project: How to Make a Grilled Cheese Sandwich

My Video: Click Here

What I think I did well:

• Planned the video well
• Taught in a way a 5 year old would understand
• Had a good idea on what to say
• No hesitations or pausing (except the time I found there was holes in the bread! That was very unexpected and surprising for me! If you watch my video, you can really see what happened at 01:40 of the video!)
• Chose good music to go with the video
• Was able to learn how to quickly use Pinnacle (a video making software used by pros)
• Was able to edit cleanly and fix and crop unwanted video

What I think I could improve or do differently:

• Try to figure out how to adjust the volume for the clips and the background music (Couldn't find out how!)
• Try and get iMovie to be with the same level as the class
• Seek more feedback from friends to find their opinion

When my video comes, watch it and give feedback below on this post! If you having something you want to see on this post? Put a comment below to see it appear within minutes! I enjoy everyone comments! Creative criticism, feedback and everything!

Pilot vs. Plane

Air France flight 296

Watch the video. Do you think that this accident is caused by system malfunction or pilot error? Leave a comment to claim what you think.

My Favourite Video

Take a look at :

Dark Falcon - How to make an omelette
Smiley Dude - How to make a loaf of bread
Red Rose - How to do a sidekick
John Kelso - How to disarm someone
Nuclear Boii - How to get out of trouble
and...
Aerospot - How to make a grilled cheese sandwich

And many more videos!

The links to the other videos will come soon!
Enjoy our videos!

My Favourite Phoster

I had a few so I will put each Phoster that caught my eye:

This one caught my eye since the words "LEST WE FORGET" made me remember of Rememberance Day, which to me, is such a memorable event.

This one caught my eye because it showed be a dock which appears to be very long and a light blue sky and tells me a message: Go on, Go as long as you can go, there is no end to things"

This one caught my eye since it tells me to read everywhere no matter where you are, even if you're in bed.

My Best Friends

To me, everyone, really everyone, is my family. Everyone is MY brother and sister. It's how I think of everyone. You are all my friends! Forever.

Birthday Cake

My New Profile Pic

It's a Lufthansa Airbus A321-200

And it's my new pic.

I will have a new pic every week.
I will also be taking my own pictures and making them
my new profile pic

We're in the Newspaper!

Can you believe it? Aerospot, Bomdiggity, Giggles and Syndicate are now published in the newspaper!

Photo Courtesy of The Globe and Mail

We're in the Globe and Mail! Click here to go on the article.

Yaay!

Look at me! And find me too.

Another Tenerife Disaster Happened! This Time, in Toronto!

One of the deadliest near miss to happen on Canadian soil today. Literally, the American Eagle flight and the Air Canada flight were just feet from each other to crash. This article will be coming soon on this blog. After/or if, the final report and the Air Traffic Control voice recorder become for public use, I will analyze these and create my own final report along with a timeline of events.

Handling The Night Shift

"Transat [Air Transat Call Sign] 760, cleared to land runway 25". That was how it felt. An air traffic controller at one of the busiest airports handling the tower division at night. I was exhausted. I was tired. Time was celebrating its victory. I laid there. Painfully, begging for dear sleep. The only noise, was crying. Before that though, was my little brother, was there sleeping beside me. Snoring. I was there. In charge of him. I was to take care of him. But, why tonight? It's vacation night. There were horrible blankets of which I just threw outside of the hotel room. But, there he was. The cutest thing imaginable. My little brother. Just lying there, sleeping. Snoring. He was fine. I managed to get only 10 minutes worth of sleep. That's it. Then, we lost our engines. He woke up. I, however, didn't. My parents woke up to take care of him. And, 4 minutes after there got him back to sleep. I, just stood there, on the, not so good kind of a bed, thinking how bad of a brother I am not able to take care of him at the night shift. He did not sleep well through the night, waking up nearly 7 times. Abnormal for one of his age. Anyways, we were in Niagara Falls, in a hotel near the Fallsview Waterpark. Earlier that day, my dad picked me up early from school, and we drove their straight away. My little brother had lots of fun in the waterpark and he was splashing water at everyone and enjoying himself. Meanwhile, at night, it wasn't so good. I got him to sleep at about 8:15 PM and he woke up at about 10:00 PM. I didn't get to sleep until 9:55 PM. Then, I woke up at exactly 10:04 PM. It was horror. Screaming and crying was there every minute that night. I never got any sleep after that, despite him going back to sleep at about 10:30 PM. His next stop, was at 11:45 PM. He woke up again. Screaming in my ears. My parents took care of him again, thinking that I was completely out. I was. I was tired, trying to get to sleep. But, I couldn't. Every single minute, there was no sleep for me. He woke up an additional 5 times. Then, at 8:15 AM, everyone woke up. I was there tired and exhausted, hungry and thirsty. My day was tiring since I didn't get any sleep the previous night. I went to the waterpark. 10 minutes before we were about to leave. The 3 whistle blast came. "Everyone get out of the pool"! Apparently, someone threw up in the pool and they had to clean it. We left to get fish & chips, where all they have is fresh fish. Best fish & chips I've ever had. We left the city to go back home. Our first stop on the way back home, was a mall in Burlington. I found the apple store there and there was a 1 hour lineup to get in the store. All those people, were trying to take advantage of the lower prices. We got back home, and finally I got a good day and a good nights sleep.

Feedback Counts!

The Best Blog Out There

Guys, I found this really cool blog. I was stunned. The Blog's name is GlowBlue. I have no idea whose it is but I get these feelings it from Australia. Whatever it is, it's the best blog out there. And NO, it is not about airplanes. To go to the blog, click here,

Parent-Teacher Interviews

Don't forget your parent-teacher interviews!

Winning The Argument

What Do You Think?

What do you think of Buttonville Airport? It is gonna go away very soon! Who wants to keep it, lets keep it!
Soon, I will be going to the airport to interview some key people and pilots, showing the governement that people care.

It's Our Community!

Please, respond in this survey! To show that You Care!

Killing The Funny

What Does A Comedian Do?

Feeling Important

What is Good About Our Filming?

There is obviously a number of advantages and disadvantages to our Instructional Video Project. Each person has a different ability to do different things and we can learn from each other. It what helps us in learning and it gives us our character and allows us to be unique from one another.

Pros on the Instructional Video Project:

• We can learn from each other
• We can find out how to different things
• We can find a person better than before
• We have a chance to make and finalize a how-to video
• We will make mistakes and improve
• We will give positive feedback to help others improve
• We will communicate, collaborate and talk with each other
• We will have fun and enjoy learning on this project

Cons on the Instructional Video Project

Have a con to list on this post, post a comment below and it will be on the post as soon as possible.

My Life-Threatening Story

Because this particular post is a private manner, you will have to be signed into your YRDSB account to see this blog post. To see the weekly blog post, click on the link below to reach the Google Doc.

Click here to read the Weekly Blogpost from Aerospot.

Aerodynamics: What is it?

Aerodynamics: What is it?
By: Aerospot
Aerodynamics doesn't seem to interest the general public. Normally, when someone hear the word "Aero", they often refer it to airplanes or the massive engines abord a jet. Aerodynamics doesn't just apply to the world of advanced aviation and its partner, aeronautics. Aerodynamics apply to planes, engines, cars, trains, boats and even yourself, you have aerodynamical properties. Aerodynamics involves, in aviation, drag, thrust, weight and lift, the four principles of flight. When you run, you have aerodynamical properties. When you run, you can make yourself faster by changing your aerodynamical properties. For example, if you run with a clenched fist, you create drag, therefore, making yourself slower and harder for you to run fast. But, when you run with your hand straight at your side against the wind, you reduce the amount of drag making it easier for you to run and, therefore, run faster. This is a basic rule of aerodynamics, which involves 2 of the principles of flight indicated above. Aerodynamics is an interaction with a moving object. This means that anything that moves, has aerodynamics involved. In advanced science, aerodynamics is a branch of dynamics. Cars have aerodynamical properties too. A car produces drag when it hits the oncoming air. The thrust in this part is the engine, which provides power to move forward. Aerodynamics, which involves trains and cars, also has significant in the area of air and flight. Specifically moving to aviation and aeronautics. In aviation, you do not have only lift and drag, you have all sorts of things like turbulence (differences in air pressure), pressure changes, even strong winds can affect the airplanes performance and even it's aerodynamical characteristics. The winds can be a factor of thrust, or a factor of drag. If the wind is a tailwind (a wind that goes in the direction of the plane - push the aircraft forward) is a thrust factor. If the wind is a headwind (a wind that goes in the opposite direction of the plane - pushes the aircraft backward) is a drag factor. The reason why a headwind is like a drag factor is because it makes it harder for the aircraft to gain speed. The reason why a tailwind is like a thrust factor is because it makes it easier for the aircraft to gain speed. Remember, aerodynamics is not just about planes, about every moving thing.

The Governements Problem?

What do Humans and Birds Have in common?

They don't like each other

250 views

Can you believe it! 250 views in one day! (258 views)

What About Cinnamon?

Statistics Report:

November 17th 2011 at 11:36 AM

September: 2
October: 1009
November: 1026
Total Pageviews: 2035

November 17th 2011: 187 pageviews (11:36 AM)

Canada: 1931
Russia: 68
United States: 16
Norway: 15
Germany: 4
Brazil: 1

@))) = 2000

2000 views!

Why Rats?

Lying is Good?

"It looks like dual engine failure"

Watch the terrifying story of flight 38 as they crash short of London Heathrow Airport.

Telephone?

The Joke.

Ready for something random? 

Click here for it.
hahahaha
hehehehe
Funniest thing I've seen in a million years!
Need PC or Mac to read the file with shockplayer installed. iPad and iPod will not read the file.

"...And the thousands cry O Canada..."

Lest we Forget
What do you think on remembrance day? Click here to put your answer.

Let us Remember...

Don't forget to give your silence

New Survey!

There is a new survey for those who would like to share their thoughts on Buttonville Municipal Airport! Please it would be very nice if you participate in this survey.
Click Here for the survey
 Parents, Teachers, Students, The public! Everyone take part in this survey: it's part of YOUR Community!

People who have responded:
Bloggers:
GlowBlue
Billy
John Kelso
and...
2 parents

1500 Views

Next stop 2000.

Clocks go back an hour!

Don't forget to turn your clocks back on Sunday!

Happy Eid!

To everyone, have a happy Eid-ul-Adha!

Veterans Week Lest We Forget

How will you remember?
Click here for a Google Doc explaining the veterans.

Statistics Report:

Wednesday November 2nd 2011 4:10 PM (16:10)

Total Pageviews: 1141
September: 2
October: 1009
November: 130

Audience:
Countries:               Browsers:                                               Operating Systems:
Canada: 1098         Internet Explorer - 532 - 46%                 Windows - 628 - 55%
Russia: 29               Safari - 439 - 38%                                   iPod - 190 - 16%
U.S.: 11                  Google Chrome - 107 - 9%                     iPad - 175 - 15%
Germany: 2             Firefox - 49 - 4%                                    Macintosh - 142 - 12%
Brazil: 1                  Other - 13 - 1%                                       Other - 7 - < 1%

                                    

Aerospot's Birthday!

Celebrate Aerospot's Birthday YAAY!

How to Make A Grilled Cheese Sandwich

mmmmmmmm... grilled cheese sandwich
I know what you guys are thinking
My mouth waters thinking of it

Lights...Camera...Action

Name Of Show:
Cameras Required: 2
Items Required:

• Bread
• Butter
• Cheese
• Frying Pan
• Stove
• Stove Fan
• Knife
• Plate
• Zinedine

Shots:

1. Me - intro
2. Get Stuff ready and turn stove on
3. Butter Bread
4. Applying Cheese
5. Cook
6. Top
7. Serve
8. Concluding eating this awesome food.

Haha! We're in a book!

Mr. Lee and his awesome students are now one of the best authors around! (In My Opinion).

Click Here to view Mr. Lee's and his students' chapter in this amazing book.

Click here to Purchase the book.

Veterans Week Lest We Forget

November 5-12

Visit these links: YOU MUST!

http://veterans.gc.ca/eng/video-gallery/video/9008
http://veterans.gc.ca/eng/video-gallery/video/9010
http://veterans.gc.ca/eng/video-gallery/video/9012

This is what I think we should do:
Make a touching commercial like that on our own.
This is a song suggestion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7a9CcNDOEAg
if Background Music, maybe this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M720ICH_Ne0&feature=related

We'll send it to Veterans Canada and if M.Andrade let us put the above videos and ours in the Assembly.

We have to Complete this by November 7th.

Who ever would like to join, post a comment below.

In Flanders Fields,
By: John McCrae

In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow,
between the crosses row on row
that mark our place;
and in the sky,
the larks, still bravely singing fly,
scarce heard amid the guns below

We are the dead.
short days ago
We lived felt dawn saw sunset glow
Loved, and were loved,
and now we lie in flanders fields

Take up our quarrel with the foe
to you from falling hands we throw
the torch, be yours to hold it high
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep
though poppies grow
In Flanders Fields

1000th Pageview

At 1000. Next stop, 1500.

CYKZ: The Good Memories

One of these days I, Aerospot, will be going to Buttonville Municipal Airport to interview key people to find out their thoughts on this saddening story.

New Poll! On your thoughts of Buttonville Municipal Airport!

If everyone hasn't heard, Toronto Buttonville Municipal Airport is going to shut down operations - gonna close down forever! Do you want this to happen, vote on the poll at the bottom of this blog.

The Book Recommendation

Fly-by-Wire The Geese The Glide The Miracle of the Hudson
By: William Langewiesche
Take a tour about the Hudson River and how an aircraft ditched on that very river in January 2009. Go back to the very design of the aircraft, the Airbus A320 to its engineers then the airline and the ditching itself.

Aerospot Rating: (Post a comment to choose your rating! Even choose from about the summary based on your thoughts!) I'll also bring the book!

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Posts for a Good Cause

After a while I will put a post here and there. Maybe a book recommendation or an event that is happening somewhere.

1 Month Anniversary!

Celebrating 1 month of Aerospot!

Some Person Joined my Website!

Some guy from somewhere joined my blog!! my instincts tell me he's a pilot!

How Does an Afterburner Work?

How does an Afterburner Work?

 A jet engine, like many other engines is a reaction engine. It works by absorbing air, compressing the air in a combustion chamber where the air expands greatly and then it is shot back out at the back of the engine as air and exaust at about Mach 2 or about 1500 miles/hour. This is known as thrust. An engine absorbs air and shoots it out as a hot gas.

Animation of a 2-spool, high-bypass turbofan.
A. Low pressure spool
B. High pressure spool
C. Stationary components
1. Nacelle
2. Fan
3. Low pressure compressor
4. High pressure compressor
5. Combustion chamber
6. High pressure turbine
7. Low pressure turbine
8. Core nozzle
9. Fan nozzle

Modern jet engines use a turbine to improve the fuel effiency of a jet engine. This allows the jet engine to work at lower speeds and therefore lower temperatures. The turbine compresses the air before fuel is injected in the combustion chamber. This modern engine is extremely efficent. For example, on a Boeing 747-400, the aircraft can earn up to 19 miles per passenger gallon.

An afterburner is a part of an engine that acts like a booster. The afterburner is another stage fitted on only a certain amount of their engines like that of a Rolls Royce/SNECMA Olympus 593 fitted on the Supersonic Concorde. The afterburner injects fuel directly into the exaust stream expanding the air even more and creating nearly 50% more thrust to the engines' thrust.


The advantage of an afterburner is it can significantly add more thrust without adding weight, complexity and higher speeds and temperature to the engine. An afterburner is basically just a number of fuel injectors to compress the air further and increase the thrust of an engine.

The disadvantage of the afterburner is that it uses a lot of fuel to generate its power.

The afterburner was an amazing design for the 1970s to 1990s but now has come out of commercial service due to the retirement of the Concorde. Military aircraft like the F-18 and the SR-71 still has afterburner to aid with special missions or to take-off from a short airstrip.

To learn more about the afterburner, click here - very interesting

Summary:
This article is about an afterburner which is a stage in certain jet engines that compresses the air to create more thrust. The afterburner does have to burn more fuel to perform this. Military aircraft still use afterburners to help aid the performance of the aircraft and this is very important.

Reflection:
This article is very important to me because it was essential to the developpement of many military aircraft and the supersonic Concorde. To develop new technologies, it is important to look to the past to build the future. With advancing technology, we don't know if previous technology is best for us. The afterburner, in my opinion, is an aviation and aeronautical symbol. The afterburner is a great design giving its excellent performance. What is good about the article is the way the afterburner works. Very cool and interesting.

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