Interesting stuff, anything is possible with coordination from key
players, Civil Aviation Authorities and Operators of the Internetcraft
:-)

Regards

On 7/22/16, joe mwirigi via skunkworks <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
> They should be as high as possible, not to be shot down when they cross
> into 'expensive internet for everyone' regimes:)
>
> Looking at the price of internet with the many undersea cables in country
> X, is it possible for a tax hungry gov X  to allow such?
>
> Is it possible to drive policy towards free reliable internet connection?
>
>
>
> *_______________________________________________________________We must
> Keep on, We can't stop here   *

>
>
> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 2:38 PM, Tony White via skunkworks <
> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>
>> Many apologies!!! - I should do research before opening my stupid mouth
>> ;)
>>
>> It seems the current record for propeller driven aircraft,
>> solar-electric aircraft, and highest altitude in horizontal flight by
>> a winged aircraft is 96,863 ft (29,524 m), set by NASA Helios HP01 on
>> August 14th, 2001
>>
>> Oops ;)
>>
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> On 22/07/2016, Tony White <tony.mzungu@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I agree that 60,000 feet asl is above the normal air lanes, but I see
>> > that it is driven by 4 propellers, and the air is pretty thin up there
>> > - I have doubts they will manage to achieve that altitude.  Also,
>> > there is the weather phenomenon known as the 'jetstream' - which would
>> > sweep a lightweight airframe hundreds of kilometres off-station.
>> >
>> > Nice idea.  Lots of publicity value. I don't see it happening anytime
>> soon
>> > :(
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Tony
>> >
>> >
>> > On 22/07/2016, Haggai Nyang <haggai.nyang@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> 60,000 feet is more than the service ceiling of most commercial
>> >> airliners.
>> >>
>> >> Boeing 777 for example has a service ceiling of about 43,000ft ~ 13km.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:23 AM, Tony White via skunkworks <
>> >> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Will they not become a hazard for commercial airliners?  A
>> >>> quick-and-dirty calculation for Kenya shows that we would have about
>> >>> 120 of these buzzing around overhead, each covering an area of about
>> >>> 5000 square kilometres.  I wonder what KCAA will have to say about
>> >>> this ;)
>> >>>
>> >>> Cheers,
>> >>> Tony
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On 21/07/2016, Mwendwa Kivuva via skunkworks <
>> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > I would want to hear what Ms Ebele, the Head of Public Policy for
>> >>> > Africa
>> >>> at
>> >>> > FB, has to say on plans for the marginalised.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > It's beautiful, and audacious too. Aquila is a solar-powered
>> >>> > airplane
>> >>> that
>> >>> > can be used to bring affordable internet to hundreds of millions of
>> >>> people
>> >>> > in the hardest-to-reach places. When complete, Aquila will be able
>> >>> > to
>> >>> > circle a region up to 60 miles in diameter, beaming connectivity
>> >>> > down
>> >>> from
>> >>> > an altitude of more than 60,000 feet using laser communications and
>> >>> > millimeter wave systems. Aquila is designed to be hyper efficient,
>> >>> > so
>> >>> > it
>> >>> > can fly for up to three months at a time. The aircraft has the
>> >>> > wingspan
>> >>> of
>> >>> > an airliner, but at cruising speed it will consume only 5,000 watts
>> >>> > —
>> >>> > the
>> >>> > same amount as three hair dryers, or a high-end microwave.
>> >>> >
>> >>> > See the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/eOez_Hk80TI
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Regards
>> >>> > ______________________
>> >>> > Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>> >>> > twitter.com/lordmwesh
>> >>> >
>> >>>
>> >>>
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