Category Archives: Model Airpanes

NTSB: Fast-changing weather played role in death of Greenacres pilot

A new report on the 2016 death of a Greenacres pilot suggests just how much may have gone wrong over the Illinois skies. A shredded wing. Freakishly strong updrafts. And a wing pushed so hard it bent one way, and then … Continue reading →

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FACTBOX-Iran’s $38 billion airplane purchases under nuclear deal

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How Uber Plans To Get Flying Taxis Off The Ground – Fast Company

Celina Mikolajczak [Photo: Sean Captain] Batteries have many performance dimensions tugging in different directions, such as energy vs. power density. Elevate needs batteries with high energy density (perhaps 300 watt-hours per kilogram, up from around 230 Wh/kg today) to sustain … Continue reading →

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Heard on the Street: Everything Hobby closes Med City shop, focuses on Austin – Post

Jeff Kiger Business Reporter Jeff has worked at newspapers as a reporter, columnist, editor, photographer and copy editor since 1992. He started at the Post Bulletin in 1999. Kiger is the PB’s business reporter and writes a daily column, “Heard … Continue reading →

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Florida pilot makes safe blind landing

By: Associated PressMay 6, 2018 DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Air traffic controllers in Florida guided a student pilot to a safe landing after his small plane’s windshield became coated with oil. The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports that audio recordings … Continue reading →

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Wings of Freedom Tour brings WWII-era planes to Camarillo Airport

CLOSE Vintage military aircraft land at Camarillo Airport for the Collings Foundation’s Wings of Freedom Tour on Thursday. Anthony Plascencia, Star Staff Buy Photo World War II veteran John Mihalsky, of Thousand Oaks, and daughter Donna Mihalsky, of Thousand Oaks, … Continue reading →

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67th: William and Patricia O’Kelley

A private family gathering will mark the 67th wedding anniversary of the Lewiston residents. William M. O’Kelley and Patricia P. Parks were married April 28, 1951, in Clarkston. Prior to raising her family, she worked as a telephone operator for … Continue reading →

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