Airwave of the Future "Electric Airplanes"

Friendly Electric Air Travel (F.E.A.T.)  

http://aviationweek.com/commercial-aviation/all-electric-airliner-feasible-2035

Lets take a moment to ponder History

1808 François Isaac de Rivaz designed the first car powered by an internal combustion engine fueled by hydrogen

The battery electric car owes its beginnings to Ányos Jedlik, one of the inventors of the electric motor, and Gaston Planté, who invented the lead-acid battery in 1859

1870 Siegfried Marcus built the first gasoline powered combustion engine

1886, with the First vehicle to run on gasoline or petroleum 

1903, 17 Dec, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.

The world of Automobiles, Planes & Trains is born, along with the Pollution produced 

In the past 150 years, atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) levels have risen an estimated 35 percent, and humans went from being earth-bound to sending 3 billion passengers into the air each year.

CO2 — a naturally occurring gas that is also emitted at great levels by human activity — is one of several greenhouse gases in our atmosphere.   Other greenhouse gases include water vapor, methane, ozone, nitrous oxide and halocarbons.

So Why Not Electric Airplanes replacing fuel driven Aircraft Carrying People with an average of 9,728 planes — carrying 1,270,406 people — in the sky at any given time ?

Conversion has many definitions as a physical transformation from one material or state to another: a substitution of one component for another so as to effect a change.

Conversion from Fossil Fueled Vehicles...fossil fuels principally consist of carbon and hydrogen bonds.  There are three types of fossil fuels which can all be used for energy provision; coal, oil and natural gas.

Refineries make gasoline and other petroleum products from crude oil.

Electrodes in the battery contain atoms of certain conducting materials.  An Alkaline battery, the anode is typically made of zinc, and manganese dioxide acts as the cathode.  And the electrolyte between and inside those electrodes contains ions.

A Lithium-ion battery are the positive and negative electrodes and electrolyte.  Generally, the negative electrode of a conventional lithium-ion cell is made from carbon.  The positive electrode is a metal oxide, and the electrolyte is a lithium salt in an organic solvent.

I am sure most everyone is familiar with Batteries, and in the News comes the Hooplah about Batteries & Smartphone's catching Fire and some of which has happened aboard Aircraft.

At least 17 Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Exploded On Planes by June this Year (2017), Samsung Reveals Why the Galaxy Note 7 Kept Exploding, Exploding headphones reignite fears about batteries on planes, FDA workshop to examine exploding e-cigarettes, iPhone 8 battery involved swelling incidents.

Tesla the automaker, had previously taken steps to prevent the lithium-ion batteries used in its vehicles from inadvertently catching fire, but the crash raises questions not only about whether Tesla has gone far enough.

Sure there are gasoline-powered vehicles that are involved in fires every year, now ask yourself, did the Car Battery cause the Fire. 

The Tesla car's battery may not have caused the crash, however 2 died as a result of Explosion & Fire of the crash and it is unknown "if there’s an answer to the explosive nature of lithium-ion when those batteries are disturbed.”  Other issues/accidents with the Tesla car have been reported as fires triggered by road debris unexpectedly puncturing the battery pack. 

Tesla quickly responded by adding a new titanium shell that reduced the likelihood of such punctures.    Will Tesla Fly ?

But Wait !, this is the 21st Century, in the attempt to reduce Pollution from Fossil Fuels, or reduction of Global Warming (Greenhouse affect)...we move towards Solar, Wind, Water Power...now the Future is looking toward the Electric Air Plane.

In the 20th Century, a self-launching 20-meter sailplane with a 42-kilowatt DC/DC brush-less motor and lithium-ion batteries, it can climb up to 3,000 meters with fully charged cells.  The first flight was in 2003.

Airbus, Rolls-Royce, and Siemens have formed a partnership which aims at developing a near-term flight demonstrator which will be a significant step forward in hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial aircraft.

All in the Name of Progress, making Life Better...comes the Ecological Footprint of Humans. 

The simplest way to define ecological footprint would be to call it the impact of human activities measured in terms of the area of biologically productive land and water required to produce the goods consumed and to assimilate the wastes generated.

All contributes to the Global Footprint of the Air we breathe, Population Growth, More Vehicles on the Ground, Air and on Water increases contamination, pollution, airborne disease, etc.

Many common infections can spread by airborne transmission at least in some cases, including: Anthrax (inhalational), Chickenpox, Influenza, Measles, Smallpox, Cryptococcosis, and Tuberculosis.  

Airborne diseases can also affect non-humans, meaning our Pets, Farm Animals, etc.

Lets not forget why there are those trying to get off this Planet Earth (12 April 1961-Present day).

So why not take to the Skies of our Friendly Electric Air Travel (F.E.A.T.) an achievement that requires great courage, skill, or strength. 

When flying at 500 to 30,000+ feet and the Electricity Goes Out/Down, Batteries Catch Fire, will the Plane have an on-board generator to keep flying, and what will that Generator Run On / Off of ?  

What about Extinguishing the In-flight Fire ?  

Now is when You Need Great Courage, Strength, and any Skill to Survive, did you bring a Parachute as Carry On ?

I am done Pondering.

Our Insensitive POTUS

Sgt. La David T. Johnson

President Donald Trump today denied telling the widow of a fallen U.S. soldier "he knew what he signed up for" in a phone call he made Tuesday, contradicting a Florida congresswoman who said she was with the woman at the time.

Rep. Frederica Wilson said, she was with Myeshia Johnson in a car headed to Miami International Airport Tuesday afternoon to meet the body of Johnson's late husband, Army Sgt. La David T. Johnson, who died in Africa this month, when the president called.

"Basically, he said, 'Well, I guess he knew what he signed up for. But I guess it still hurt.' That's what he said."  Wilson said she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone.

Now a day later, is this Fake News and did Our POTUS actually say "he knew what he signed up for" to the Widow of Sgt. Johnson, a US Army Green Beret ?  Did the POTUS Disrespect ?

There needs to be a Wall Built Around President Donald J Trump's Mouth !!! Sad, I cannot get behind this President...Cpl. D. R. "Doc" Young, USMC Nam Era Vet.

Although I took the following Oath, I have a hard time with the part of Obey, specifically Our Current POTUS.

"I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."

POTUS & Russia

There is a lot of Hoopla about Donald J Trump, now the POTUS and Russia, is it a hoax or reality?  

Ivana Marie "Ivanka" Trump is an American businesswoman who is an Advisor to President Donald Trump, the daughter of the President and his First Lady, wife.


This 1967 anti-nepotism law comes to mind, "A public official may not appoint, employ, promote, advance, or advocate for appointment, employment, promotion, or advancement, in or to a civilian position in the agency in which he/she is serving or over which he/she exercises jurisdiction or control any individual who is a relative of the public official."

Other words come to mind are Double Agent, Triple Agent aka Spy...not necessarily for another Country.

Ivanka Trump did get a White House office, access to classified info, despite not being a staffer, one never knows within the Halls of the Capitol or White House which other Officials need to "beware of unguarded talk"

What is known about About Donald Trump Jr.’s Russia Meeting

NFL National Anthem Know Your Rights

No Matter How You Feel about America, Our National Anthem, Prayer...Stand for you are Playing in America, because of America you are able to Play, Earn $$$, having a Career/Job as Other American's who do not have the Gift You Have.

If you were in a Foreign Land playing against a Foreign Team you would stand out of Respect for that Country and their Team Players, before the Game, Win or Lose.

Besides American Player, you are already at the Stadium to Play, you are going to hear the National Anthem or Prayer unless you plug your Ears.  Neither a National Anthem or Prayer affects your Game, and if your Fellow Team is Standing, then join the Team, it is about Camaraderie and Your Love of the Sport and Playing to Win or Lose.

Last I Checked, President Donald J Trump does not provide your paycheck, he is a loose tongue wanting to be a President.  

American's Pay to Come See You Play, Youth & Adults Look-up to you, some Betting on your Team will Win, so do not let one American Idiot Stand in your Way - You Do Have the Right of Freedom of Speech, to Stand, Sit or Lay Down for what you believe.  

Know Your Rights: Free Speech, Protests & Demonstrations, the right to Assemble and Peacefully protest against the government as you see fit.  Derived from the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.  

You Are American's and Stand Up for Your Rights.  

President Trump will leave office in less than 4 yrs, if the POTUS makes it that far with the mouth of his and Twitter.

Do Not Buy Products from Overseas

My Question is: Does China, South Korea, & Japan experience the same hazards of their Products ?

Reasons for this post are consumer awareness, education & safety. 

Spinners from China with batteries, the Hoverboard catching fire or exploding while Chinese factories pump out copies, Shane Chen – who patented the original Hoverboard – is sanguine. 

“We only made maybe a few thousand,” Chen said. “I got a report that there are over 11,000 factories making them in China. 

You may re-call Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Smart-Phone by South Korea & China 


Vehicles with Air Bags by Takata an automotive parts company in Japan (vehicles made by 19 different automakers have been recalled)

America needs to Stop Buying Products from China, maybe Asian Products is a more all-inclusive term.

American Parties & Healthcare

America is 214 years old...it is Time for the Democratic Party 189 years old and the Republican Party 163 years...To Get Their Act Together and Stop Pointing Fingers.

These two parties have won every United States presidential election since 1852 and have controlled the United States Congress to some extent since at least 1856 (161 years).

American Citizen's Deserve the Very Best in Healthcare, which should not be costly as it is today.

American's work having made America what it is today GREAT!, pay taxes, vote for those in Politicians in Office (who reap the rewards of their position), at the expense of Working American's struggling for a Better Healthy Life, to own a Home or afford a residence to Live, Educate and Watch their Children Grow, hoping they too will have a Future and have the American Dream.

Our Ethos a set of ideals (democracy, rights, liberty, opportunity and equality) in which freedom includes the opportunity for prosperity and success, as well as an upward social mobility for the family and children, achieved through hard work in a society with few barriers.

The American Dream is rooted in the Declaration of Independence, which proclaims that "all men are created equal" with the right to "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."

American's have Paid for the Cost of Our Freedom for over 241 years, with American Lives...Our Federal, State & Local Governments need to Protect American's and Future American's

Created equal Falls short when our Headlines read

With healthcare bill derailed, GOP wonders: What now?

What's Next for Health Care if GOP Can't Repeal Obamacare

How the Senate Health Care Bill Failed: G.O.P. Divisions and a Fed-Up President.

It is not One Man who can Right this Wrong of American Citizens, it takes a Nation.

I say to Politicians of any and all parties to work together and give American's what they Deserve, continue to Work for, reasons they join the Military to Protect Our Freedom.

Politicians stop the undermining of Our Hard Work, losing Jobs to other Countries that do not Support the American Way.

American's, Politicians should ask How Much Money Does the Federal Government Waste ?

Our Military made up of our Children, Men & Women, need the Best Equipment & Protection all the time in War, Combat, Conflicts, Training and Special Operations to Rescue American's, to take down Dictators, Tyrants, and Oppressors.

America is the Police Force for Democracy & Freedom World Wide

Flying Cars an Insane Idea

How Dumb is this Idea, Flying Cars, with 253 million cars and trucks on U.S. roads and 2015 brought biggest percent increase in U.S. traffic deaths in 50 years you want to put Cars in the Air !!! ???

Besides the Congestion on our Freeways, Highways, City Streets, bumper to bumper traffic, stop and go, fuel consumption. Lets add Cars with possibly having mechanical issues, running out of fuel or mid-air collisions over our heads.

This is the wave of the future in commuting to work ? Parking is bad enough, so you fly downtown above the vehicles on the ground, watch out for the bridges, over-passes, towers, and you land retract the rotor blades, get into traffic to park...hoping you do not chop off some body parts of pedestrians. Or do all these Flying Cars land on rooftop parking spaces?

We have drivers now reading & eating behind the wheel, talking/texting on the phone and other distracted driving acts causing accidents.

There are Maintenance when there are drivers who do not maintain their vehicles, and lets not forget the Drunk Intoxicated Under Influence Driver, Flying a Car !!!???

Auto-Insurance, Auto-Flying-Car Insurance? Of which there are Drivers who are Non-Compliant in having Insurance.at all.

How does the Police pursue a Flying Car, with ground units and a helicopter. 

Then you have Drones Flying, which could cause a problem too...and when there is a Mid-Air or a Single Crash, the debris has to land somewhere, tying up traffic, house on fire, school yard...imagine calling in the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to investigate.

I think someone is flying or driving with their head in a cloud or up their

North Korea Act of Insanity

Insanity defined: the state of being seriously mentally ill; madness, extreme foolishness or irrationality.

Is North Korea stupid or what, by launching 4 ballistic missiles into Sea of Japan ?? 

That is one way of pissing off your Neighbors, which I guess this means North Korea & Russia are allies, as if North Korea is a threat to South Korea, China, Japan and the USA, why not Russia too.

I guess Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly referred to as North Korea, has not heard of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) designed to shoot down short, medium, and intermediate range ballistic missiles in their terminal phase using a hit-to-kill approach.

Nor has Kim Jong-un heard of the MIM-104 Patriot is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) system a Mobile long range surface-to-air missile with anti-ballistic missile capability.

So Kim Jong-un, your threats do not phase most intelligent life, as What Goes Up Will Come Down, how your Missiles come down is the question you should be thinking about.

Which I think 1.3 billion Chinese, with 2.3 million+ active military might pose a problem for North Korea, as Japan's 250,000+ active military, South Korea 25.6 million military might, which the USA does have troops in Japan and South Korea, that you might want to reconsider your plan of action or bullying trying to put fear in the entire world or your surrounding neighbors.

Not to mention USA only has 1.4 million+ active duty, we do have a reputation of coming out on top.

You might want to get online and check out Global Fire Power, as North Korea ranks 25th...and USA Ranks 1, Russia 2nd, China 3rd, Japan 7th, and South Korea 11th to name a few.

I can understand Kim Jong-un that with only 1.2 million active soldiers, and a further 7.7 million in reserve, making North Korea's ground force one of the largest in the world. 

Keywords here is Ground Force, you might want to beef up Air Defense or in your state of mind Air Attack Capabilities, I doubt you have the defense capability to thwart of pandemonium & wrath that may rain down on you and those who chose to follow you.

Just My 2 Cents, I think the USA & Other Countries have Insect Repellent for those set on  Self-annihilation or obliteration, aka self destruction.

Americas Future ?

History Repeats itself, as the saying goes.

Divide and Conquer, or could it be America divided we Fail?  

As America I feel, is divided about who should be President as of 20 Jan 2017.

U.S. immigration law is very complex, and there is much confusion as to how it works.  The Immigration and Nationality Act, or INA, was created in 1952, the body of law governing current immigration policy, provides for an annual worldwide limit of 675,000 permanent immigrants, with certain exceptions for close family members.

History: The Roman Empire fell, from not being able to manage Refugees/Migrants. "1,700 years ago, the mismanagement of a migrant crisis cost Rome its Empire" 

Whether Legal or Illegal Immigrants as we know today, or regarding Refugees and the reason some may seek asylum (Asylum is an immigration benefit that allows certain foreign nationals who fear persecution to remain lawfully) look at History.

1700 yrs ago, what were Roman Governmental Laws, which may not have addressed migrant, migration, refugees, immigration, the act of emigrating/emigration.

I am saying President Donald J Trump, in his executive order to ban "With just a few quick strokes of the pen, President Donald Trump on Friday banned - temporarily, for now - roughly 218 million people from entering the United States" 

Trump barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US for at least the next 90 days.   Which is more of a resistance to a Religion which a Muslim is a follower of the religion of Islam, relating to the Muslims or their religion.  

As we all may know America is about Freedom of Religion, so is President Trump stating any one from these 7 Countries, or those of Muslim, Islamic Faith.

Islam is one of the largest religions in the world, with over 1 billion followers.  So consequently this Executive Order does not matter 90 days or 1 day could tend to piss off more than Muslim, because is he directing his actions to that of being a Muslim, their Country or Islam.  

After this 90 days, will other countries be added to this Ban?  

Or is this 90 days freeze for only a few, not based on a Country, their beliefs, Muslim, Islam rather All Immigration ? which I do not believe the Ban includes All those wishing to immigrate. 

What about those with Visa's, Passports of these 7 Countries.  

"Protecting the Nation from Terrorist Attacks by Foreign Nationals, visa issuance to nationals of the countries of Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen has been suspended effective immediately until further notification."

So is the 90 days a period for President DJT can get his head on straight?

No matter before hand, if Legal or Illegal, tends to piss a lot of people off, especially when America is built on/of/by Immigrates.  And we already have over 11 million unauthorized immigrants as of 2014. 

Which could be one hell of an uprising from within our own Borders.  

As for the illegal immigrants, it is not known each and every one's reason for coming to America, they are not all Mexican, for those who think they are, rather from other countries as well, enter across our Southern Border daily. 

Of the 11 million unauthorized immigrants of 2014, 8 million were a part of the American Workforce.  Mexicans made up 52% of all unauthorized immigrants, the number of unauthorized immigrants from nations other than Mexico, grew by 325,000 since 2009, to an estimated 5.3 million in 2014.

Six states accounted for 59% of unauthorized immigrants in 2014: California, Texas, Florida, New York, New Jersey and Illinois.  Of which a large percentage have been living in the USA for over 10 years.

I guess we could say America's laws have failed to stop Illegal Immigrants, no matter their Nation of Origin, Religious Affiliation, Race, Creed, Color, etc...however some wish to define Human's from other Nations.

Since America has not stopped Illegal Immigration, with over 11+ million already, removing every illegal immigrant would cost an estimated $400-$600 billion, creating a $1 trillion hit to our economy because it would hurt industries that depend on their labor.  

Of the 11+ million Illegal Immigrants, do they get to vote, as we can read "Were there 3 million illegal votes from undocumented immigrants in this year’s presidential election?" 

So America has one big problem when it comes to Immigration, then toss in Unemployment, Welfare, and lets talk Social Security, as a result of changes to Social Security enacted in 1983, benefits are now expected to be payable in full on a timely basis until 2037, when the trust fund reserves are projected to become exhausted.

So America's Future Looks a Little Bleak, as American's we need to look at the bigger picture, bringing Jobs back to America, addressing the existing Illegal Immigrants, or Education & Health Programs, and in some why curtail Illegal Immigration without Pissing off the World.  

As American's traveling abroad may encounter the same being refused passage, living, spending money and become bigger targets than ever before in history.  

If American's do not fly, what happens to Air Travel & Airline Companies, Aircraft Manufactures ?

If American's drive more, travel staying within our borders the effect that would have on our highways and pollution.

What about our Population Growth, if more highways are built, reduces land to live, farm, ranch, then what about where will our food come from, be grown, how much food is imported now.

In my opinion, is part of the Bigger Picture.  Why else was the Race to the Moon (The Soviets persistently denied that they had any plans to put humans on the Moon, but historical documents have put that idea to rest) 

Or Today is there a Race to Mars ?  

Conquering Mars, also known as the Red Planet, is the latest objective of international space agencies including the

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
European Space Agency (ESA)
China National Space Administration (CNSA)

and possibly Roscosmos, also known as the Roscosmos State Corporation for Space Activities, is the coordinating hub for space activities in Russia.

In Space We Trust

One has to ask why, and for what reason/purpose as Earth might becoming over crowded, possibly self-destruction, a World War far greater that WWI or WWII

Additional Reading

5 facts about illegal immigration in the U.S.

These Are The Real Reasons Behind Illegal Immigration
The truth about America's illegal immigrants

 Space Junk currently orbiting the Earth

Donald J Trump POTUS You Are Fired ?

Donald J Trump, stated he can run his business and the Presidency at the same time, however ethically he feels this does not look good, so he is Divesting from his Trump Organization, turning over the running of the Trump Organization to his Children.  Which his Son-in-Law Jared Kushner, is to join the White House as Senior Adviser; no formal role for Ivanka Trump.

Donald Trump First Press Conference Full 1/11/2017

I am hearing possibly "Keep it in the Family" for the future of Donald J Trump's family.  (CBS News reported Monday that Trump is seeking top secret security clearances for his children.)

America please wake-up, Donald J Trump will use this Presidency to gain more Wealth and Power for his Family, Self, his Organization and Investments throughout the World.  Donald J Trump is wanting to be in his mind, the Only Man to have Saved America to Make America Great Again, that all Presidency's before him have failed and why we are in this situation needing to be Saved.

What Donald J Trump is saying the American People have had it wrong for 240 years...Abraham Lincoln, 19 Nov 1863, a "Government of the people, by the people, for the people"

(Several theories have been advanced by Lincoln scholars to explain the provenance of Lincoln's famous phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people".  The Prologue to John Wycliffe's first English translation of the Bible, which first appeared in 1384, includes the phrase: This Bible is for the government of the people, for the people and by the people.
In a discussion "A more probable origin of a famous Lincoln phrase")

Remember America...Donald J Trump will be in Office as President for 4 years, possibly if he can pull it off President for 8 years as President Obama earned his Presidency.

Which Donald J Trump questioned Obama's birth-right, then Trump finally admits: 'President Barack Obama was born in the United States'

A Former MI-6 Spy Is Reportedly the Author of the Reports on Donald Trump and Russia

Maybe Trump himself has not had deals with Russia, my thought maybe his Organization has.

That if Vladimir Putin, President of the Russian Federation likes me, Donald J Trump, that is an asset, not a liability.

The Trump Organization (formerly Elizabeth Trump & Son) is an American privately owned international conglomerate based in Trump Tower in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.  It comprises President-elect Donald Trump's business ventures and investments.  From 1971–2017 Trump ran the company as chairman and president.

After being elected U.S. president, Trump stated that his two eldest sons - Donald Trump Jr., and Eric Trump (longtime company executive vice presidents) - would take over management of the company as part of a controlling trust.

President-elect Donald Trump scolded reporters for asking about his tax returns, saying members of the media are the only ones who care about the records.

Saying he thought the American public isn’t concerned about it. "I won; I mean, I became president.  No, I don’t think they care at all. I don’t think they care at all.  I think you care."

Trump said on Jan. 11, 2017, that he had no financial ties or business deals with Russia.  He then dismissed the concerns of a reporter who asked Trump whether he would be releasing his tax returns to prove it.

"I’m not releasing the tax returns because, as you know, they’re under audit," Trump said.  The reporter pointed out that presidents have been releasing their returns since the 1970s.  Trump interrupted her and said, "Oh, gee, I never heard that."

Trump wrong that Americans don't care about his tax returns

8 New Reasons The Electoral College Shouldn’t Vote For Trump

I have a Feeling that after 20 Jan 2017, one day there maybe American's who will say "Donald J Trump POTUS You Are Fired !" if not already.


This Author, D.R. "Doc" Young, CPL USMC Nam/Cold War Era Veteran, 26 years with DOD, who had Secret Clearance.