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}); </script> </div> <div id="content" class="narrow_content" data-article=""><h1>Aero Gizmo</h1> <div class="summary_item noback"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/phobos-grunt-destroyed/21108/">Fragments of Phobos Grunt crash into the Pacific Ocean</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></p> <p><em>17:40 January 15, 2012</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/phobos-grunt-destroyed/21108/#comments">7 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/phobos-grunt-destroyed/21108/pictures">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/phobos-grunt-destroyed/21108/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/phobos_grunt.jpg" title="Phobos-Grunt probe being prepared for launch (Photo: Roscosmos)" alt="Phobos-Grunt probe being prepared for launch (Photo: Roscosmos)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Russia's 13-ton (11.8-tonne) unmanned Phobos-Grunt interplanetary space probe that was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on November 9, 2011 has reportedly burned up in the Earth's atmosphere. According to Russian Air and Space Defence Forces, the spacecraft was destroyed on Sunday, January 15th, 2012 at 1745 GMT as it made an uncontrolled re-entry and broke up 775 miles (1,250 km) west of Chile in the South Pacific. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/phobos-grunt-destroyed/21108/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/swann-rc-helicopter-iphone/21025/">Cameras and iControlled helicopters take flight from Swann</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/enid-burns/">Enid Burns</a></p> <p><em>02:22 January 7, 2012</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/swann-rc-helicopter-iphone/21025/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/swann-rc-helicopter-iphone/21025/pictures">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/swann-rc-helicopter-iphone/21025/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/swannhelicopters.jpg" title="Swann Sky Eye RC helicopter with camera" alt="Swann Sky Eye RC helicopter with camera"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>An iPhone app and a camera take flight in the new remote control helicopters from Swann. Three models include i-Fly Micro Lightning, Sky Eye and Black Swan. The i-Fly Micro Lightning lets you control the helicopter via an app for the iPhone, iPod or iPad. The Sky Eye and Black Swann models house a camera capable of taking still and video images. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/swann-rc-helicopter-iphone/21025/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/scalable-effects-warhead/20983/">New "scalable effects" warhead demonstrated in flight test</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/frank-leonard/">Frank Leonard</a></p> <p><em>22:50 January 2, 2012</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/scalable-effects-warhead/20983/#comments">9 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/scalable-effects-warhead/20983/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/gmlrs-2.jpg" title="A test firing of Lockheed Martin's GMLRS (Photo: Lockheed Martin)" alt="A test firing of Lockheed Martin's GMLRS (Photo: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Aerojet has conducted a successful demonstration of its "scalable effects" warhead. The recent flight test was carried out at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico using Lockheed Martin's new Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System-Plus (GMLRS+). As the name suggests, the scalable effects warhead allows the user to select the explosive yield of the weapon depending on the nature of its intended target. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/scalable-effects-warhead/20983/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-spacecraft-lunar-orbit/20984/">NASA's twin GRAIL spacecraft now together in lunar orbit</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>19:29 January 2, 2012</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-spacecraft-lunar-orbit/20984/#comments">4 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-spacecraft-lunar-orbit/20984/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/grail_spacecraft.jpg" title="Artist concept of GRAIL-B performing its lunar orbit insertion burn to join GRAIL-A in lun..." alt="Artist concept of GRAIL-B performing its lunar orbit insertion burn to join GRAIL-A in lun..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Nasa’s twin <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-moon-mission/19783/" target="_blank">GRAIL</a> (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory) spacecraft are now in orbit around the Moon. Having achieved lunar orbit at 2 pm PST on New Year’s Eve, GRAIL-A was joined by GRAIL-B at 2:43 pm PST on New Year’s Day. The twin spacecraft are now in a near-polar, elliptical orbit with an orbital period of approximately 11.5 hours. In readiness for the science phase of the mission which is due to start in March 2012, both spacecraft will undergo a series of burns to place them in a near-polar, near-circular orbit with an altitude of about 34 miles (55 km) and orbital period of just under two hours. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-spacecraft-lunar-orbit/20984/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/grail-moon-orbit/20965/">GRAIL mission on final approach to Moon</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></p> <p><em>07:16 December 30, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/grail-moon-orbit/20965/#comments">2 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/grail-moon-orbit/20965/pictures">4 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/grail-moon-orbit/20965/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/grail-approach-1.jpg" title="An artist's impression of GRAIL's formation orbit (Image: NASA)" alt="An artist's impression of GRAIL's formation orbit (Image: NASA)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>If all goes to plan, tomorrow at 1:21 p.m. PST, NASA's GRAIL-A spacecraft will enter orbit about the Moon. GRAIL-A is one of two unmanned orbiters launched in September, with its sibling GRAIL-B due to enter orbit the following day (New Year's Day) at 2:05 p.m. PST. Together the two craft constitute the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/nasa-grail-moon-mission/19783/" target="_blank">GRAIL mission</a> (Gravity Recovery And Interior Laboratory), charged with mapping the Moon's gravitation field. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/grail-moon-orbit/20965/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/pipistrel-panthera-livery-competition/20967/">Pipistrel asks budding artists to design livery for its new Panthera aircraft</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/martin-hone/">Martin Hone</a></p> <p><em>19:34 December 29, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/pipistrel-panthera-livery-competition/20967/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/pipistrel-panthera-livery-competition/20967/pictures">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/pipistrel-panthera-livery-competition/20967/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/pantheradesign.jpg" title="The new Pipistrel Panthera serves as a blank slate in a competition asking artistic types ..." alt="The new Pipistrel Panthera serves as a blank slate in a competition asking artistic types ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>So you are in holiday mode, probably lounging down at the beach or by a big open fire with the snow falling outside, depending on where you live. There’s nothing on TV and you have read all the books of interest, so now what? Well, if you fancy yourself as an artist, you might like to enter a competition to design the livery for the first of the new Pipistrel Panthera aircraft and stand to take home 1,000 euro (approx. US$1,290). You have until January 10, 2012. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/pipistrel-panthera-livery-competition/20967/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/drone-station-ardrone-mac-controller/20968/">Drone Station lets you fly an AR.Drone using a Mac, with gaming controllers</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>15:54 December 29, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/drone-station-ardrone-mac-controller/20968/#comments">1 Comment</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/drone-station-ardrone-mac-controller/20968/pictures">3 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/drone-station-ardrone-mac-controller/20968/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/dronestation.jpg" title="The Drone Station app lets users remotely pilot an AR.Drone quadricopter using video game ..." alt="The Drone Station app lets users remotely pilot an AR.Drone quadricopter using video game ..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/ar.drone/" target="_blank">AR.Drone</a> quadricopter really is quite a nifty toy ... or tool ... or whatever you want to call it. Up until now, however, it could only be controlled by an iPhone/iPad/iPod touch, an Android smartphone, or for the people who have one, a Linux PC. While those options weren’t exactly holding users back, the folks over at Drone Apps realized that a lot more would be possible if the aircraft could be piloted through an iMac or Macbook – most importantly, controllers such as joysticks and gamepads could be used. The result is an OS X application called Drone Station. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/drone-station-ardrone-mac-controller/20968/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/unmanned-k-max-first-combat-cargo-mission/20951/">Unmanned K-MAX helicopter makes first combat cargo flight in Afghanistan</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></p> <p><em>14:18 December 28, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/unmanned-k-max-first-combat-cargo-mission/20951/#comments">5 Comments</a> </p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/unmanned-k-max-first-combat-cargo-mission/20951/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/k-max.jpg" title="The unmanned K-MAX undergoing testing earlier this year (Image: Lockheed Martin)" alt="The unmanned K-MAX undergoing testing earlier this year (Image: Lockheed Martin)"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>The unmanned Kaman K-MAX helicopter has made its first combat resupply mission in Afghanistan. Designed to reduce the reliance on truck convoys that are often targeted by IED (improvised explosive device) strikes when resupplying front-line troops in remote areas and manned aircraft that place their crews in danger, the unmanned aircraft is a modified K-MAX intermeshing rotor helicopter with the ability to lift a payload of over 6,000 pounds (2,721 kg). <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/unmanned-k-max-first-combat-cargo-mission/20951/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/avenger-a-12-canopy-ebay/20954/">Controversial stealth aircraft canopy for sale on eBay?</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/ben-coxworth/">Ben Coxworth</a></p> <p><em>13:27 December 28, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/avenger-a-12-canopy-ebay/20954/#comments">8 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/avenger-a-12-canopy-ebay/20954/pictures">9 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/avenger-a-12-canopy-ebay/20954/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/avengercanopy.jpg" title="The cockpit canopy reportedly made for the failed A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft, which i..." alt="The cockpit canopy reportedly made for the failed A-12 Avenger II attack aircraft, which i..."/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Twenty-eight years ago, the United States Navy decided that it wanted a field replacement for its A-6 Intruder ground-attack aircraft. A team from McDonnell Douglas and General Dynamics won the contract to design the plane, which would be an all-weather, aircraft carrier-based stealth bomber, known as the A-12 Avenger II. Its first flight was planned for December 1990, but technical difficulties and cost overruns kept the team from meeting that deadline. By January 1991, in fact, the Secretary of Defense cancelled the program due to breach of contract. A legal battle between the Navy and McDonnell Douglas ensued, and continues to this day. Now, however, it’s possible to own a literal “piece” of the story – a cockpit canopy reportedly made for the A-12 is for sale on eBay. <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/avenger-a-12-canopy-ebay/20954/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item "> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/hondajet-test-aircraft/20927/">Latest HondaJet test aircraft lifts-off</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <p>By <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/author/martin-hone/">Martin Hone</a></p> <p><em>23:17 December 22, 2011</em></p> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/comments.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/hondajet-test-aircraft/20927/#comments">16 Comments</a> </p> <p><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/layout/icons/image_modernist.png" alt=""/> <a href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/hondajet-test-aircraft/20927/pictures">2 Pictures</a></p> </div> </div> </div> <center><a class="noback" href="/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/hondajet-test-aircraft/20927/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/hondajet1-3.jpg" title="Honda's latest FAA-conforming test aircraft known as F2 has now begun flight testing" alt="Honda's latest FAA-conforming test aircraft known as F2 has now begun flight testing"/></a></center> <div class="summary"> <p>Honda's first ever commercial aircraft, appropriately named the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120118174711/http://www.gizmag.com/tag/hondajet/" target="_blank">HondaJet</a>, follows in the footsteps of the company's ground-breaking CB750 motorcycle and S600 sports car by aiming to provide superior performance and value - this time in the light business jet market. 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