What is "blue sky"

a. (alternative form of blue-sky English)

n. the sky as viewed during daylight; "he shot an arrow into the blue" [syn: blue, blue air, wild blue yonder]

Blue Sky is a 1994 American drama film and the last film by veteran filmmaker Tony Richardson. It was adapted by Rama Stagner, Arlene Sarner and Jerry Leichtling. It stars Tommy Lee Jones, Jessica Lange, Powers Boothe, Carrie Snodgress, Amy Locane, Galynn Duggan, and Chris O'Donnell. The original music score was composed by Jack Nitzsche.

The film was completed in 1991, but because of the bankruptcy of Orion Pictures, it sat on the shelf until 1994, three years after Richardson's death on November 14, 1991. Despite this, it won critical praise and Lange won the 1994 Academy Award for Best Actress, along with the Golden Globe Award and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association award.

The film is based on Rama Stagner-Blum's real life and the relationship between her parents, Clyde and Gloria Lee Moore-Stagner during the 1960s while her father was in the army. They later divorced and Gloria remarried before dying in 1982.

Blue Sky is the legal name (formerly Warren Edward Johnson) of an American painter and sculptor best known for his mural, Tunnelvision.

Blue Sky, BlueSky or Bluesky may refer to:

"Blue Sky" is a song by the American rock band the Allman Brothers Band from their third studio album, Eat a Peach (1972), released on Capricorn Records. The song was written and sung by guitarist Dickey Betts, who penned it about his girlfriend (and later wife), Sandy "Bluesky" Wabegijig. The track is also notable as one of guitarist Duane Allman's final recorded performances with the group. The band's two guitarists, Duane Allman and Betts alternate playing the song's lead: Allman's solo beginning 1:07 in, Betts joining in a shared melody line at 2:28, followed by Betts' solo at 2:37. The song is notably more country-inspired than many songs in the band's catalogue.

is a one-shot Japanese manga written and illustrated by Yuko Kuwabara. It is licensed in North America by Digital Manga Publishing, which released the manga through its imprint, Juné, on July 8, 2008.

Blue Sky is a Greek, private regional television station, which started operating in November 1990. Emits digital by Ymittos and Parnitha and digitally from the Aegina in the periphery Attica s and Friday, July 20, 2012 and broadcast nationwide on the network platform the OTE TV via satellite and through Conn-X or IPTV. Its programs include informational and educational broadcasts and it was the first regional television station to broadcast a digital signal from the region of Aeginas. It is owned by General Broadcasting Enterprises Limited Company founded on May 20, 1992. President and CEO of the station is Victorious Kissandrakis while vice president and shareholder is Hercules Kissandrakis (100%).

Blue Sky'' (Swedish:Blå himmel'') is a 1955 Swedish comedy film directed by Georg Årlin and starring Edvard Persson, Ingeborg Nyberg and Barbro Larsson.

The Blue Sky navigation pod is an airborne navigation / targeting pod designed to provide aircraft with all-weather/night-attack capabilities. It was first revealed to the public at the 1998 Zhuhai Air Show, and it is designed by CLETRI, more commonly known as the 607th Institute. Blue Sky is the Chinese equivalent of the AN/AAQ-13 navigational pod of the LANTIRN system, and several derivatives have already been developed since its public debut.

Most detailed information released by the developer is that for the first-generation Blue Sky navigational pod, which consists of five parts: terrain following radar, wide-field forward looking infrared, environmental control unit (ECU), computer system (NPCC) and power system (NPPW).

• size: 0.295 cubic metre
• weight: 200 kg
• maximum aircraft speed: 900 km/hour
• minimum altitude: 60 metre
• maximum continuous operation in terrain following mode at minimum altitude: > 50 minutes
• g force: -1 g to + 12 g
• FLIR range: > 10 km
• Radar range: > 15 km

In comparison to the first-generation LANTIRN, the radar range of the Blue Sky navigational pod is 25% longer than the 12 km range of TFR in AN/AAQ-13, but still less than the 24 km range of the second-generation LANTIRN. Built–in test (BITE) function is also incorporated.

The second-generation Blue Sky navigational pod was also first publicized at the Zhuhai Air Show, several years later. The main improvement included the increased MTBF, longer continuous operational times in terrain following mode, incorporating SAR mode up to 3 meter resolution. The terrain following radar is also upgraded to incorporated fire control capability, though this practice is not recommended by the developer because doing so would reveal the aircraft thus providing the enemy with longer reaction times. However, the fire control capability could be an asset when the second-generation pod is carried by attack aircraft without radars such as those converted from trainers. Open architecture of software programming and modular design are also incorporated.

At 6th Zhuhai Air Show in 2006, the developer of Blue Sky navigational pod revealed that the third-generation Blue Sky navigational/attack pod has already entered Chinese service, though due to security reasons, the actual pod was not shown at the air show, and very little information is released except the following:

• The minimum altitude of terrain following mode is further reduced to 30 meter from the original 60 meter.
• The maximum radar range is increased to over 30 km from the original 15 km
• SAR mode up to 1 meter resolution from the original 3 meter
• Increased continuous operational times in terrain following mode
• Further increased MTBF.
• Open architecture software programming
• Modular design of the hardware.
• Option to upgrade to MIL-STD-1773 STD compatibility

Staff of CLETRI, the developer of the Blue Sky navigational/attack pod also revealed at the 6th Zhuhai Air Show in 2006 that the next-generation pod is under development, utilizing phased-array antenna for the new terrain-following radar. Just like the AN/AAQ-19 Pathfinder navigational pod, a simplified AN/AAQ-13 developed as a cheaper alternative, a similar cheaper alternative for Blue Sky navigational/attack pod has also been developed by simplifying the pod via the deletion of the terrain following radar; however, the name and designation of this derivative is unknown and there is no known success of sales either.