2014 – Page 2 – Gaceta Aeronautica (English)

[gallery type="rectangular" ids="4046,4047,4048,4049,4050" orderby="rand"] Between November 4-15 2013, the seventh edition of the Cruzeiro do Sul Exercise (Cruzex) took place in Natal, Brazil over areas...

Air shows & aviation events

FIDAE 2014 preparing for launch: One month and counting down!

Carlos Ay

Wednesday 26 February 2014Saturday 26 April 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650"] Civil aviation should continue to increase its market share levels in FIDAE 2014 as regional military spending remains at a plateau...

General aviation

Fly Virgin Galactic with Bitcoin (II): When Science Fiction becomes a fact

Aníbal Baranek

Thursday 13 February 2014Thursday 13 February 2014

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="650" caption="The SpaceShipOne spartan cockpit (photo: Scaled Composites LLC)."][/caption] The last few years have seen significant changes regarding flights to space. One...

General aviation

Fly Virgin Galactic with Bitcoin (I): Why so few people have flown in space

Aníbal Baranek

Monday 10 February 2014Thursday 13 February 2014

Some time ago a story appeared that a flight attendant had purchased a ticket for an orbital flight with Bitcoins. This news, that run around the globe in hours and was as quickly forgotten, casts light in many things that are changing our world. Flights to space for ordinary citizens are no longer a question of If but of When.