RE: DU suitcase shipment (reply) - "radiation signature"

["Jaro" <jaro-10kbq@sympatico.ca>]

Louis N. Molino wrote on Wednesday, September 17, 2003 10:08 AM



In a message dated 9/17/2003 8:59:58 AM Central Daylight Time,

Michael.Kent@nmcco.com writes:



Some of these listed items would not even have to be smuggled in. Take your

terrorist willing to die, give them smallpox, Ebola, etc., and let them fly

till they drop, literally. That would spread the disease like wildfire.



They'd be very ill and you'd spot them in a heartbeat.

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It appears that other venues are also available.

See for example the article below (this would be even easier from a ship

stationed off-shore, in international waters....).



Jaro

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http://www.AviationNow.com/awin/awin_awst/awin_awst_section_story.jsp?issueD

ate=2003-08-25&section=World+News+Roundup

World News Roundup

 Tiny Drone Crosses Atlantic

 Aviation Week & Space Technology 08/25/2003, page 19



 An 11-lb. aircraft flew 1,888 mi. across the Atlantic this month,

re-creating

 the 1919 flight of Royal Air Force pilots John Alcock and Arthur

 Whitten-Brown, and provisionally setting records for distance and

endurance.



 The Aug. 9-11 flight fulfilled a two-decade quest by Maynard L. Hill of

 Silver Spring, Md., a 77-year-old retired engineer, who already had set two

 dozen model aircraft records and headed a small team of people that

 built the aircraft in his basement. It is believed to be the smallest

aircraft

 by far to have made the crossing. A 29-lb. Insitu Group "Aerosonde" drone

 made a 2,030-mi. crossing in 1998 with support from Boeing, the Office

 of Naval Research and other organizations (AW&ST Dec. 7, 1998, p. 19).



 The Trans Atlantic Model No. 5 (TAM-5) mission was Hill's fifth recent

 attempt at flight from Cape Spear, Newfoundland, to the west coast of

 Ireland. TAM-4 was launched on Aug. 8 but stopped sending telemetry

 after flying 300-400 mi. and was presumed lost. TAMs 1-3 were launched

 in 2002 and lost due to autopilot and engine failure, and presumed bad

 weather (http://tam.plannet21.com).



 TAM-5 carried 5.5 lb. of fuel, 50% of its takeoff weight, which is

restricted

 to 5 kg. (11 lb.) under the Federation Aeronautique Internationale F3A

 model aircraft category. The structure is primarily balsa wood covered

 with Mylar film. Wingspan is 72 in. The O.S. Max 10-cc. four-cycle engine

 develops about 0.2 hp. while consuming 2.2 oz./ hr. of white gas while at

 42-mph. cruise, for a specific fuel consumption of roughly 0.5 lb./hp.-hr.

 Tuning the fuel-air mixture ratio was crucial to success, Hill said. When

 the plane landed after its 38-hr., 52-min. flight to Mannin Beach, Ireland,

 there were 1.8 oz. of fuel left.



 The plane took off and landed under radio control, but crossed the

 Atlantic at roughly 1,000 ft. with an autopilot following GPS navigation. A

 satellite transmitter allowed the team to follow the flight via the

Internet,

 and a short-range transmitter helped the landing pilot locate the

 incoming plane. The team became anxious when the satellite signal

 disappeared for 3 hr. starting at 28 hr. The five-year TAM project cost

$40,000.



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