The Anequim Project Team, a group of students and professors from Brazil's Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG), recently brought their slick new plane to Rio de Janeiro to put it through its paces. When they were done with the high-speed flights out of the Santa Cruz Air Force Base this past weekend, they'd set five new world records. Not bad for a student project. (www.popularmechanics.com) 更多...
This is so awesome. I see how much my birth country has to offer in terms of brilliant people, natural riches, etc....and it's in such a mess economically with a ultra corrupt government. Recently the President appointed as an ANAC (Civil Aviation National Agency) director a 28 y/o guy with absolutely NO experience in the industry. While other directors are aviation veterans, air safety veterans and so forth. If you want read more http://goo.gl/wywHps
Just sad.