 company one step closer to their goal of providing carbon-free air travel within four years.
The company says its goal is to bring eVTOL aircraft to “everyday customers” in an affordable, safe, convenient and carbon-free way.
Vertical Aerospace’s founder Steven Fitzpatrick said he planned to submit the aircraft for certification by European air-safety regulators with a view to operating commercially by 2022.
He said the vehicle will be flown by a pilot and would take off and land from regulated airfields or heliports, with the main purpose of transporting passengers between cities.
Mr Fitzpatrick, who is also chief executive of UK energy company Ovo, said: “Passenger numbers for short-haul flights have exploded in recent years.
“But as a result, aviation is now a major contributor to climate change and local air pollution.
“Congestion around airports has become a huge problem and for flights of 500 miles or less, we are spending more time travelling to and from the plane than we are in the air.
“At Vertical Aerospace, we want to help address these challenges.
He added: “We’ve learned a lot from Formula 1, both in terms of technology and pace of development.
“The lightweight materials, aerodynamics and electrical systems developed through F1 are highly applicable to aircraft, much more so than to road transport.
“By putting those technologies in the hands of experienced aerospace engineers, we can build cutting edge aircraft for the 21st Century.
“We have the global outlook and entrepreneurial spirit required to develop and commercialise this technology.
Mr Fitzpatrick said the aircraft, which is built from lightweight carbon fibre, would be far cheaper than similar transport modes, making it more accessible than helicopter travel.
Since its inception in 2016, the firm has hired 28 aerospace and technical experts from Airbus, Boeing, Rolls-Royce, Martin Jetpack and GE Aviation with “extensive experience” of building certificated commercial aircraft.
And in July, Bristol-based Rolls-Royce also announced plans for an electric aircraft with rotating wings that could take off or land vertically.Can we talk about melee and generic projectiles'synergy'?
I realize this is likely late in the development cycle, but nonetheless I wanted to know what the team and the community thought about'synergy' between melee and beams; namely the idea that gameplay wise it is jarring/unintuitive to switch from melee to a generic energy attack quickly and easily. Not sure how to better explain, but for example: if one was to follow up a melee hit with an energy attack, it's unintuitive that you need to switch to an energy attack, charge it, release it and then switch back to melee from the number row, in other to continue pursuit/melee engagement.
The idea here is basically that it interrupts the flow and the fast paced nature of the game. It is essentially at odds or in contrast to the supposed fluidity and speed of the melee&swoop systems. In lieu of that I wanted the community and the team to address this issue with their thoughts on it's validity and potential solutions.
I was reading something about stracraft remastered the other day, and how the author pointed out that starcraft's success was boosted by its imperfections, be it the ability to only select 12 units at a time, the quirky pathfinding and numerous exploits. This made the game in itself fun and challenging to play not only because the campaign was in itself difficult but because it required you to be constantly coordinating, and it made you feel in control.
Let's contrast this to modern games, which have become cinematic and very simple button mashers.
ESF benefits from being complicated and quirky. Its whats helped make it popular cause you can feel the modness oozing out of it, lol. If you want a highly fluid amd streamlined dbz fighting game look no further than xenoverse or fighter z.As I said in another reply, we are talking about consistency not just wins. And no one else comes close to Brazil and Germany, that's why there is an abysm between them and the others in the all time table. Both are the only NTs to qualify for every edition (that they could play in Germany's case), have the fewest groups stage exits and the most top 8s, 4s and finals.

For instance despite having 4 titles Italy isn't even the 3rd anymore in the all-time table. Argentina just overtook them in matches, wins and points and now have the same amount of final appearances.Knife Party have cancelled their Auckland concert, which was due to take place next week.
According to the promoter, the concert has been cancelled because the band is set to perform at Future Music Festival next year instead of touring this year.
Ticket purchasers are eligible for full refunds from their point of purchase.
The solution phase coordination chemistry associated with 1:1 and 1:2 complexes of lanthanide ions with S-carboxymethoxysuccinic acid (CMOS) has been studied by spectroscopic means.
With increasing X on Ca1-xSrxF2 mixed crystals doped with Eu2+ (4f65d) ions, the absorption peak shifted linearly to that of SrF2:Eu, while the luminescence one moved parabolically with a minimum at around x=0.5. The linewidth broadened nearly twice as large as that of CaF2 in the vicinity of x=0.
Luminescence characteristics of stable Fe3+ and metastable (Fe2+)+ ions in silicate glasses are reported. Infrared emission of (Fe2+)+ ions has been observed.
We review studies of the effects of electronic excitation in?-Al2O3 crystals, paying special attention to the problem of the existence of self-trapped excitons and self-trapped holes in the material.
AbstractThe electrical conductivity of doped ZnS with different impurities (Mn, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) of various concentrations has been measured to verify the existence of ladder-like levels of ‘killers’ of luminescence.
The presence of nonvisible written material was detected on documents during an examination for infrared luminescence. An experiment was conducted to examine absorption by paper of noncolor ink components from documents bearing written material. Various inks were used to prepare sample writings.
An examination of 56 inks with an argon-ion laser revealed the laser will sometimes stimulate infrared luminescence in inks which did not produce infrared luminescence under the video spectral comparator (VSC-1).
Picosecond time resolved luminescence was employed for monitoring the decay of electronic excited reactants on the surface of oxide semiconductors. Decay of cresyl violet monomers was determined on TiO2 and on?-Al2O3 by measuring decay curves over a wide range of very low coverages.Dear All,
As Commissioner for Health in Cross River State (2004-8), one of our greatest challenges was providing 24/7 oxygen supply to our facilities, especially after we established the integrated emergencyambulance service and floated the ambulances. Oxygen came from Port Harcourt (PH) and could take up to two weeks to refill cylinders. We entrenched the practice of sending staff to go to PH so that we could refill supplies within 24 hours! As a result our team of advisers convinced former Governor Malam Isa Yuguda to establish an oxygen production plant in the ultra modern Bauchi Specialist Hospital before it was commissioned in April 2015 ( We pray that it was completed and is functional today)
We are excited therefore to share the news below.that the Nigerian Air Force is coming to the rescue – we hope that they can supply beyond the Airforce, at least to the health facilities in Adamawa state: READ ON
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By Kabiru R. Anwar,Yola | Publish Date: Jul 10 2017 7:37PM
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar has commissioned an oxygen generating facility at the Air Force Base Yola.
Speaking at the event held on Monday, the Air Force chief underscored the significance of liquid oxygen plant to the success of air operations in the North East.
He noted that apart from critical military application, the gas plant would produce oxygen for civilian purposes in hospitals across Adamawa State.
"Oxygen is a critical requirement for survival of fighter pilots during high altitude operations. It is also an essential requirement at health facilities. Sometimes a lot of resources are expended in acquiring oxygen from as far places as Kaduna and Kano", he stated.
He noted that unavailability of oxygen sometimes hindered air operations, saying it was out of necessity that the present leadership of the Air Force deemed it necessary to set up the gas plant.
The giant mullti-purpose plant has the capacity to produce oxygen and nitrogen at 99.7% and 99.9% respectively.
In his remark, Governor Muhammad Jibrilla commended the leadership of Nigerian Air Force for being innovative, saying the oxygen plant would no doubt benefit the people of the:Liquids, powders, and glitters - Oh, my! Do you know what kind of resin colorant you should be using? Or what's the main difference between them? This article will discuss liquid and powder pigments for resin art and how to make the right choice depending on the desired outcome!
You'll need to picture your intended effect when deciding between liquid and powder pigments to color your epoxy resin project. Some liquid colorants are better to get translucent, or plain color results, while powder pigments usually add more special effects and movement to resin