RE: [ga] Re: Redelegation issues

[Marc Schneiders <marc@fuchsia.bijt.net>]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 13:18 [=GMT-0400], John Berryhill wrote:

> > Or worse? Hang them? I think this is a lot adoo about nothing. It is not
> > something they could use for misiles, is it?
>
> In fact, it most certainly is what they are doing.
>
> At this page for aluminum vendors and sellers:
> http://www.procurealuminum.com/buyersboard/apr2001/
> you will find a party with an uruklink.net (Iraqi state-owned domain) email
> address requesting information on purchasing aluminum shafts.
>
> Below is an email message which I have copied from the Aircraft Builder's
> Mailing List. I have deleted the identity of the recipient of the message,
> but the rest of the message is verbatim as sent from an uruklink.net email
> address. As background information, you should be aware of Iraq's L-29
> Unmanned Aerial Vehicle program....

I would say that it is quite fortunate that they use a domain that is
known to be related to them. Makes it easier to track their doings...
In fact I am afraid that terrorists are more clever than using a
suspicious domain name for their email. That is why I think this
discussion is about nothing.

> http://www.rferl.org/iraq-report/2001/03/6-020301.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hellome@mail.uruklink.net
> Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 3:48 AM
> Subject: [abml] unmanned aircraft
>
> Dear Friends:
>
> I am a sudanese student . I had been stuying in Egypt until , 1999
> where I got my ( Bsc & Msc ) in Aeronautical Engineer,( Aircraft  Design )
> . Nowadays  I am  a PhD student  in University of Science and Technology (
> Amman - Jordan ) .I completed two semesters in the first year of the PhD
> course and now I am preparing for my project research. The title of my
> research  is ( The Sructural Design of Unmanned Aircraft ) . I am looking
> for  any data and dimensions / or a known data and dimensions of a
> specified (unmanned aircraft ) , which allow me to define the geometry of
> the specified aircraft as an input  data file , for a computer program (
> which I will  build later) . The  output of this program will be the
> aerodynamic loads which  are to be applied on the aircraft structure. The
> validity of the computer program is to be compared with a known panel code
> sofware .The aircraft structure is to be modelled in a 3-dimentional
> drawing using (AutoCAD ) and then perform the necessary stress analysis
> using the well known Finite Element software ( NASTRAN ).An optimization
> process will be performed until  the best configuration is obtained .As
> another step is, to check the stability  of the optimized  aircraft .Now
> this optimized aircraft will be build in a scaled model and then a wind
> tunnel tests will be performed  . The obtained results will be compared
> with those of the computer program.This is  the general idea of my project.
>
> Really I miss the necessary informations that enable me to start.I
> have alot theory and some photos about unmanned aerial vehicles which I
> have collected from different websites . I need to know about the airframe
> structural design , the wing characteristics( roor & tip chords, planform,
> / dihedral ,incidence , sweep angles,) aerofoil NACA / Fuselage
> ,diameter,nose, control surfaces, landing gears type,material of structure
> .fiber reinforced composites, aircraft growth weight ,and the necessary
> guidances that help me in general to design and construct my proposed
> aircraft.Your advises and guidances will be of great beneficial for me.
>
> I would be appreciate if you kindly help me about that..
>
> Thank you very much for your help.
>
> TARIQ
> E-mail:hellome@uruklink.net
>
>
> So, if you are feeling in a helpful mood, then I'm sure Tariq would
> appreciate all the suggestions you can send him.
>

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