Alaska Aces
DAAC Study: Lightning Spies
An overriding concern throughout the ACES experiment was safety. “In most airplanes, the pilot is assumed to have ‘see and avoid’ capability to keep from colliding with other planes,” Blakeslee said. Uninhabited aerial vehicles are equipped only with cameras, whose images must be interpreted by someone at a remote location. For this reason, the ACES experiment’s flight area included only the sparsely populated Florida Everglades and nearby ocean, and the ALTUS II was flown above 40,000 feet to keep it separated from commercial aircraft. “Our plane was flown remotely by a pilot in the control center who could respond to the camera’s images and aircraft flight data. So it could also be called a remotely piloted vehicle, but we still had to be extra cautious.” Throughout the experiment, the researchers took care to fly the plane over and near thunderstorms, but never into them. ... [Read More]
Archived: Students Share their Work
ACES Alternative High School invite students from around the world to join them as the electronically travel with Explorers Helen and Bill Thayer from the Arctic region of Canada to the Amazon Rain Forest in Brazil. In this I*EARN Online Project , students work to make this a great learning experience for others. They invite your comments. ... [Read More]
BLM - Planning Links
Congressional Record: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces150.html ... Federal Register: http://www.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html ... [Read More]
GSA - U.S. General Services Administration
We help federal agencies better serve the public by offering, at best value, superior workplaces, expert solutions, acquisition services and management policies. ... [Read More]
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Migratory Bird Management, Federal Register Document
For direct access to the final rules regarding hunting regulations, search the Federal Register on line at: http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html and do a key-word search on "migratory bird hunting" or link to the migratory bird hunting regulations document at this website. ... [Read More]
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