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The HiMAT project's effect can be seen in the newest generation of military fighter jets and commercial aircraft. Today's fighters use many of the composites developed and improved upon during HiMAT testing to allow higher G turns. Composites are also used in everything from prosthetic limbs to racecars, bike frames to fishing rods.
Six months ago he got word that he was accepted as a student at the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB in Nevada. He knew he was an alternate selection for the school but the primary screwed up (what happened is classified so ..) and he had three and a half weeks to get up to speed for the school. Can you say "Maverick and Goose"? See below for a description of the USAF Weapons School.
On March 8th, 2007, thirty-one cadets and five officers from Civil Air Patrol's Concord Composite Squadron, New Hampshire Wing, journeyed to the Skyventure vertical wind tunnel facility in Nashua, New Hampshire as part of an aerospace education field trip.