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Thanks to Slashdot, my meager site has seen enormous traffic volume in the two days after the article released. Thanks to Mr Site Admin for keeping up with the demand!

It is sad that I have to say that the school research has come to a conclusion and is transitioning to a writing phase (it had to happen sometime). I didn't make my end 142mi goal, but I showed that with just a little know-how and some late nights coding, an airplane really can have a bird-brain and make 70 miles all by itself. In the three years of the project, ALOFT proved that it is possible to harness the power of the air currents to complete a mission that otherwise would have been impossible for the powerless glider. ALOFT completed three flights over 60 miles and had numerous +3 hour flights using nothing but the energy from a 400ft launch.

I am now in the process of writing my dissertation and posts on this site will likely be minimal. It has been a great run and I thank all of you for your wonderful support over the years. I hope that this project has inspired even just one person to pick up and start working on beating my results! I have received several ideas over the email airwaves for additions and improvements and I will be doing my best looking into them, perhaps professionally after graduation .... for now, I write dissertation!

Thanks everyone and green-air!

Dan