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Currently busy on TWO projects, here's your chance to meet and work with this casting professional whose credits include BLUE BLOODS, Amazon Prime's HARLEM and HBO's THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT.You'll coach with John online in a group as he coaches you through your scene in a format that replicates his office's casting process. He'll provide you with constructive feedback along with on-camera audition tips that he feels are imperative to booking roles on a professional level.For this intensive, John will select sides for you to prepare based on your headshot and fully completed MY INFO section in your AC account. The event will start off with an informative Q&A, followed by your presentation of the scene with a reader on-camera in a group. Be prepared to take feedback and adjustments.What to prepare:Based on your HS/resume, John will select sides for you which will be emailed to you to prepare in 1-3 days in advance. PLEASE NOTE: Once scenes have been distributed, if you late cancel you will not be replaced!Please upload your headshot and resume to your online account upon registration.Please follow the procedures listed below:Please update your headshot and fill out the MY INFO section of your AC account upon registration.Arrive at least 10 MINUTES before your event is slated to start. Your host will give important information about the event at this time.Instructions and the ZOOM link for access to this online event will be emailed to you in advance. If you have not received the link by 12pm (EST) the day-of the event, please reach out to [email protected] at least one hour PRIOR to the start of class.

This episode of "Streaming for Impact" features Todd Smitala, Technology Solutions Architect at the Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA), sharing how real-time data streaming transformed their systems to support 27,000 union members. Discover how APFA overcame challenges with crumbling legacy infrastructure during a critical high-volume union vote by implementing Apache Kafka® on Confluent Cloud. Learn about the technical decisions and leadership alignment that enabled a more reliable, scalable system ensuring every vote counted. The 38-minute discussion covers how to solve high-stakes challenges with real-time infrastructure, modernize under pressure, bring leadership on board, and frame cost, reliability, and system ownership to drive successful change. Todd brings unique perspective from his 10 years as a flight attendant and 20 years in IT. The episode includes segments on empowering members through data streaming, creating a shared vision, implementation tools and tactics, improving data streaming adoption, plus additional features like Meme of the Week, Quick Bytes, and key takeaways.

Dive into a comprehensive lecture series on flight mechanics, covering essential topics in aerospace engineering. Begin with a review of system dynamics, then explore reference frames and coordinate systems crucial for understanding flight mechanics. Progress through detailed lectures on various aspects of aircraft motion, control, and performance. Gain in-depth knowledge of the principles governing aircraft flight, including aerodynamics, stability, and navigation. Develop a strong foundation in the mathematical and physical concepts underlying modern aviation and spacecraft design. Ideal for aerospace engineering students and professionals seeking to enhance their understanding of flight dynamics and control systems.

Airline Operations: Master the essentials of aviation - aircraft operational control and dispatch. What you'll learn: Understand what is a flight plan and airline operational controlLearn all basic stages of flight planning and understand the role of a flight dispatcherUnderstand practical aircraft limitations and performanceLearn how to find the optimum flight route and what can impact the route planningLearn how fuel is planned for a flight and how it impacts operational expenses of the flightUnderstand basic aviation weather Airline Operations: Flight Planning and Flight Dispatch Course is aviation and airline related course where you will study the most essential aspects of flight planning. My intention is that you understand the core importance of effective flight planning for an airline business and learn how it can reduce airline costs and benefit environment protection.The structure of the course is following:IntroductionFlight plan and Airline operationsAircraft limitations and performanceFlight routingFuel calculationsBasics of Aviation meteorologyYou will learn such topics as Aviation regulations, Flight plan, Operational control, Aircraft Weights and structural limitations, Take off performance calculation, Required runway distances for take off and landing, Aircraft range, Flight distances and routes, Cost index, Minimum required fuel, Fuel tankering, Weather and much more!The objectives of this course for you are to be well oriented in Airline operations and Flight Dispatch and get deep theoretical and practical knowledge on the subject. For better understanding the course contains a lot of graphical information, practical examples, additional reading materials, case studies and quizzes after each section.I encourage you to begin this journey to Airline Operations and you will not regret it! If you have any questions during the course feel free to contact me, I will answer as quick as possible! Welcome to the course!

This course focuses on the physics of the atmosphere and its consequences on speed and altitude measurements. At the end of this course, you will understand precisely the meaning of the speed and altitude indication available to the pilot of an airplane. You will understand the difference between standard and actual atmosphere and be able to perform basic altitude and speed correction computations. You will understand why jet airliners need to be pressurized, or why a clogged Pitot tube can mislead a pilot. Although some math equations are used from time to time to justify certain results. This course insists on curve shapes, figures, tables, and you can efficiently follow it while skipping the equation-solving parts if you do not fancy them. This course is a part of the specialization "Fundamentals of Flight mechanics".

Dive into the fascinating world of space flight mechanics through this comprehensive course. Begin with an introduction to the subject and explore particle kinematics before delving into conic sections. Master the intricacies of two-body and three-body problems through extensive lectures. Progress to trajectory transfer techniques, gaining in-depth knowledge across multiple sessions. Study attitude dynamics and its various aspects, and conclude with an exploration of propulsion systems. Gain a thorough understanding of the fundamental principles and advanced concepts that govern the motion of spacecraft and celestial bodies over 45 detailed lectures.

This course is designed to introduce orbital mechanics of satellite. Thecourse will begin with central force motion and then proceed to the two-body and three-body dynamics under mutual gravitational acceleration. Itwill also introduce the concept of Lagrange Points and their stability.Moreover, the concept of general orbit perturbation will also bediscussed. Earth as a non-spherical body and its effect on gravity will beelaborated. Preliminary orbit determination of the satellite will bediscussed. Finally, orbit transfer will be elaborated. INTENDED AUDIENCE : Aerospace, Mechanical, Physics, MathematicsPREREQUISITES :Calculus of Multi-variables, Physics, Applied MechanicsINDUSTRIES SUPPORT :ISRO, DRDO, BOEING, and various private industries working on satellite

This course covers the physics, concepts, theories, and models underlying the discipline of aerodynamics. A general theme is the technique of velocity field representation and modeling via source and vorticity fields, and via their sheet, filament, or point-singularity idealizations. The intent is to instill an intuitive feel for aerodynamic flowfield behavior, and to provide the basis of aerodynamic force analysis, drag decomposition, flow interference estimation, and many other important applications. A few computational methods are covered, primarily to give additional insight into flow behavior, and to identify the primary aerodynamic forces on maneuvering aircraft. A short overview of flight dynamics is also presented. Before your course starts, try the new edX Demo where you can explore the fun, interactive learning environment and virtual labs. Learn more. FAQ Is there a required textbook? You do not need to buy a textbook. All material is included in the edX course and is viewable online. This includes a full textbook in PDF form. If you would like to buy a print copy of the textbook, a mail-order service will be provided. Can I still register after the start date? You can register at any time, but you will not get credit for any assignments that are past due. How are grades assigned? Grades are made out of four parts: simple, multiple-choice "Concept Questions " completed during lectures; weekly homework assignments; and two exams, one at the midpoint and one at the end of the course. How does this course use video? Do I need to watch the lectures live? Video lectures as well as worked problems will be available and you can watch these at your leisure. Homework assignments and exams, however, will have due dates. Will the text of the lectures be available? Yes, transcripts of the course will be made available. Will the material be made available to anyone registered for this course? Yes, all the material will be made available to all students. What are the prerequisites? The student is expected to be well-versed in basic mechanics, vector calculus, and basic differential equations. Good familiarity with basic fluid mechanics concepts (pressure, density, velocity, stress, etc.) is expected, similar to the content in 16.101x (however, 16.101x is not a requirement). If you do not know these subjects beforehand, following the class material will be extremely difficult. We do not check students for prerequisites, so you are certainly allowed to try. Who can register for this course? Unfortunately, learners from Iran, Sudan, Cuba and the Crimea region of Ukraine will not be able to register for this course at the present time. While edX has received a license from the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) to offer courses to learners from Iran and Sudan our license does not cover this course. Separately, EdX has applied for a license to offer courses to learners in the Crimea region of Ukraine, but we are awaiting a determination from OFAC on that application. We are deeply sorry the U.S. government has determined that we have to block these learners, and we are working diligently to rectify this situation as soon as possible.

Learn the Essential Elements of Aircraft Instrumentation. What you'll learn: Categories of aircraft insrumentation.Standard layout of aircraft instruments.Categories and layout of flight instruments.Pitot-static system and instruments.Function of pitot static instruments: altimeter, vertical speed indicator, airspeed indicator.Gyroscopes and gyroscopic instruments.Function of gyroscopic instruments: directional gyro, attitude indicator, turn indicator, turn coordinator.Function of other instruments: inclinometer. magnetic compass. Aircraft instrumentation provides information about our position, orientation, engine status, system status, and various flight parameters. They help us maintain aircraft control and situational awareness. In particular, the Flight Instruments are the instruments we use to monitor the flight state of the aircraft. They consist of seven instruments indicating parameters of interest such as airspeed, altitude, heading, and so on. In order to use the instruments effectively, it's sometimes necessary to know a little bit about how they work. This is where Flight Instruments Essentials comes in.In Flight Instrument Essentials, we'll have a detailed look at how the flight instruments work, including physical principles, power sources, and display interpretation. We'll look at the pitot-static system and the instruments it supports (altimeter, airspeed indicator, and vertical speed indicator). Then we'll look at gyroscopes and the gyroscopic instruments (directional gyro, attitude indicator, turn indicator, and turn coordinator). Finally, we'll look at independent instruments, including the inclinometer and the magnetic compass.The course includes 13 videos, a comprehensive set of course-notes to support the videos, a workbook with an answer key for your practice, four quizzes for you to assess your progress, and a final exam.At the end of the course, you'll know the inner workings, display operation, and interpretation of the flight instruments. This will provide you with a foundation for future studies covering combined instrument use in flight operations as well as recognizing and managing malfunctions.

COURSE OUTLINE: Airplane nomenclature and aerodynamics, Review of basics of rigid body dynamics, Concepts of static and dynamic stability, Need for stability in an airplane, Purpose of controls, Inherently and marginally stable airplanes, Longitudinal, and Lateral directional static stability. Stick Fixed: Basic equations of equilibrium, stability criterion, Wing and tail moments, Effects of fuselage and nacelles. Effects of c.g.location, control effectiveness, hinge moment, tabs, aerodynamic balancing, Power effects. Stabilizer setting and c.g.location, Elevator effects, Stick fixed neutral point, Determination of neutral points and maneuver points in-flight tests. Stick Free: Hinge moment coefficients, Stick free neutral point, symmetric maneuvers, Stick force gradients and stick force per g. Dihedral effect, Coupling between rolling moment and yawing moment, Adverse yaw, Aileron power. Aileron reversal. Weathercock effect, Rudder requirements. One engine inoperative conditions, Rudder lock. Equations of motion, equations of motion of a disturbed aircraft, aircraft dynamic modes and stability criterion, Stability derivatives, Control derivatives, Routh's discriminant, solving the stability quartic, Phugoid motion, Factors affecting the period and damping. Dutch roll and spiral instability. Longitudinal & lateral directional dynamic modes. Effect of maneuvers, Airplane response to atmospheric and control inputs, Introduction to flying qualities and stability augmentation systems. Aircraft autopilot design using classical control theory. Introduction to nonlinear problems in aircraft flight dynamics.

More than one century after the Wright brothers' first flight, the flight still defy our intuition. You will learn here how to name the different parts of the airplane and how to describe and quantify its geometry. For that, we need now to share a precise vocabulary to describe the airplane's movement and attitude in space, and a refresher on basic general mechanic principles. You will remind how Newton's 2nd law allows you to determine what force must be applied on an apple - or on an airplane, to modify the magnitude and direction of its speed. Coming back on the concepts of kinetic energy and potential energy, you will discover the very useful concept of total height and you will be able to explain how an airplane can quickly exchange speed for altitude, while changes in total height are much slower. In the end, you will discover that only a very small number of forces apply on an airplane in flight and that you will be able to classify those that change its energy state and those that modify its trajectory. You will discover the concept of load factor and understand why the pilot of a combat aircraft can feel a weight nine-time greater than his actual weight! Finally, we will establish the lift and propulsion equations, that form the basis of flight mechanics, and you will be able to compute the lift and thrust necessary to follow a given trajectory at a given speed. This course is for anybody interested in learning more about how planes work, the physics of flying, or flight mechanics. It will be of particular interest to undergraduate students in aerospace engineering, trainees as well as senior pilots, journalists, and professionals in the aeronautics sector. Although some mathematical formalism may be present sometimes. It is always doubled by sketches, figures, and hands-explanations. So that, anybody can skip the formulas without losing the core understanding of the concepts. No apples were harmed in the making of this course... This course is only a foretaste of the mechanics of flight. ISAE-SUPAERO and Eric Poquillon will offer you other courses and the first specialization in autumn 2021. Initially, three courses will be published to answer several questions: Can we fly as high as we want? What is a stall? Why do some planes have propellers and others have jet engines? Is an airplane always stable? How do you control an airplane following an engine failure? All this and more will be covered in this series of flight mechanics courses. This course is a part of the specialization "Fundamentals of Flight mechanics".

Welcome to Modeling the Quadcopter Airframe, the second course in the Engineering Design and Simulation Program. In this course, you will gain the skills to model the mechanical subsystems, analyze flight dynamics, and refine your designs using simulations. Building upon the foundation established in the first course of the program, this course focuses on breaking down the complex quadcopter system into smaller, more manageable subsystems. You will learn the mechanical part of the quadcopter, known as the airframe subsystem, and simulate its flight behavior. You will model free-body diagrams and mathematical equations into block diagrams through a step-by-step approach, enabling a detailed analysis of the quadcopter’s flight dynamics. To accurately represent the physical system and model the mathematical equations involved in the quadcopter’s motion, you will utilize Simulink and Simscape, powerful tools used in industry for modeling physical systems. To reinforce your learning, you will have the chance to practice your skills with an additional project. You will model the car's suspension system and analyze the effects of changing passenger loads on the ride quality under various road conditions. This practical application will further enhance your modeling and analysis skills. By the end of this course, you will balance the upward thrust of the propellers against the downward force of gravity to see your quadcopter take flight. No prior modeling experience is required. Simulink and Simscape, industry-leading block diagram environments, are used throughout the courses to teach fundamental modeling workflows. You will be provided with a free license for the duration of the program.

Embark on a comprehensive live coding session that guides you through the process of creating a flight delay dataset using Python and Pandas on Kaggle. Learn how to pull airline flight data, explore existing datasets, and navigate public flight information sources. Gain hands-on experience in data cleaning, feature understanding, and visualization techniques using Plotly Express. Follow along as the instructor encounters and resolves real-time challenges, including dealing with partial data and downloading additional information. By the end of this tutorial, you'll have created a Kaggle dataset, generated visualizations, and gained valuable insights into the intricacies of working with flight delay data.

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How do planes take off? How do they fly? How do pilots maintain control of them? And how high can airplanes fly? Get answers to all these questions and more with this specialization exploring the fundamentals of flight mechanics. You will learn how the laws of physics apply to airplanes and discover important concepts in aviation including lift, drag, and propulsion.

Via Matrices to Efficient Computing What you'll learn: Master the new approach to flight dynamicsExpose yourself to Cartesian tensorsLearn how to convert tensors into matricesExpress the equations of motion in matricesProgram the matrix equations in MATLAB or PYTHON Flight dynamics is undergoing a shift from vectors to tensors, taking advantage of the ever increasing computer power to design and analyze complex aerospace systems. The physics are modeled by tensors independently of coordinate systems. Then the tensors are converted to matrices by introducing coordinate systems and evaluated by one of the many matrix computer tools.This course introduces the novice to tensor flight dynamics, requiring only basic skills in matrix algebra and differential equations. The fundamentals of tensor algebra are introduced by modeling geometrical relationships of expended boosters landing on barges with their related coordinate transformations. As time enters the study, the new rotational time derivative enables kinematics to be formulated independent of coordinate systems in a truly tensorial format, applied to pilots in centrifuges and attitude determination of aircraft. Point-mass trajectories, also called three-degrees-of freedom trajectories, are derived for rockets, hypersonic vehicles, UAVs; while full-up, six-degrees-of-freedom equations lead to the evaluation of the transient responses of missiles and aircraft in state-space format.The course is supported by the text book “Introduction to Tensor Flight Dynamics”, 3rd Ed published in 2023 by the instructor at Amazon. It provides more details on how to derive the equations of motion from Newton’s and Euler’s laws and features many problems derived from aerospace applications, some of them to be solved with MATLAB®, SCILAB, PYTHON or other matrix processors.Update Oct 2025: For further studies my textbook : "Modeling and Simulation of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics” was just released by AIAA.

Explore how global companies can effectively embed shared values across diverse cultures and borders in this 50-minute conversation from the 2019 Aspen Ideas Festival. Delve into United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz's approach to developing company-wide communications for a workforce of 90,000 spanning 119 international destinations and 234 domestic locales. Examine the challenges of creating and communicating shared values across regions, languages, and cultures. Discover how Munoz believes success is rooted in values that serve employees, customers, and long-term innovation. Learn about United Airlines' response to Flight 3411, the "Silver Overhaul" initiative, the role of flight attendants, strategies for avoiding physical confrontations, and the company's stance on climate change. Gain insights from this discussion between Munoz and Alex Wagner on leadership, corporate culture, and global business challenges.

Explore the fundamentals of flight experimentation in this comprehensive 9-hour course. Delve into crucial topics such as aircraft weighment, center of gravity calculations, cruise experiments, and drag polar analysis. Learn about cockpit panel descriptions, control surface calibration, and the intricacies of flight data recorders. Gain insights into various sensors and data acquisition using MEMS devices. Study advanced concepts like stick-fixed and stick-free neutral points, static lateral-directional stability tests, and steady coordinated turns. Conclude with an introduction to parameter estimation techniques, including least squares and delta methods for aerodynamic parameter estimation. Equip yourself with practical knowledge essential for understanding and conducting experiments in flight.

Explore the fascinating process of rebuilding the British Airways Mobile Flight Simulator, a Boeing 787-based educational tool used for teaching aviation STEM subjects to children and as a centerpiece at corporate events. Delve into the intricate details of constructing a simulator housed in a trailer, complete with IoT-enabled controls and instruments. Discover the custom-built application that allows instructors to control various aspects of the simulation, including aircraft position, weather conditions, and emergency scenarios. Learn about the technology stack employed, including .NET code for the instructor's station, and gain insights into combining aviation, coding, and IoT in a single project. Walk away with knowledge on how to build your own simulator, control a simulated world using .NET, and implement IoT solutions in this comprehensive 51-minute conference talk from NDC London 2021.

ABOUT THE COURSE:The aim of this course is to provide a general overview of the field of Aeronautical Engineering to interested students. The course will consist of ten Capsules, each consisting of two Lectures. Each Lecture will cover a specific concept or area relevant to the subject. An attempt will be made to cover the contents in an interesting manner, by a judicious use of a mix of powerpoint presentations, in-class activities, quizzes, innovative and hands on assignments that will not only increase the awareness of the students, but also satiate their curiosity and desire to know more about the various concepts related to the subject.INTENDED AUDIENCE : Any discipline of Engineering, who are interested in the subjectINDUSTRY SUPPORT : DRDO, HAL, NAL, IAF