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XCOR Lynx Spacecraft lands at Monterey Jet Centre
Califonria-based XCOR Aerospace has presented a full-scale model of its XCOR Lynx spacecraft as part of the August 13 Gordon McCall’s Motorworks Revival 2014 at the Monterey Jet Centre in California. Dubbed a “Space Corvette” by Popular Mechanics, Lynx is a two-seat, fully reusable spaceplane designed to rocket XCOR customers to the edge of space […]
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Shifting magnetic north pole causes YVR to renumber runway
Vancouver Airport Authority recently renumbered its crosswind runway from 12-30 to 13-31 to align itself with the shifting magnetic north pole. The magnetic north pole is the point on the surface of Earth’s northern hemisphere at which the planet’s magnetic field points vertically downwards. The runways at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and other airports are […]
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