Model Airplanes

NEW YORK CHICAGO, Oct 28, 2014 (BUSINESS WIRE) —
Fitch Ratings expects to assign an ‘A’ long-term rating to The Boeing
Company’s (BA) proposed issuance of approximately $850 million of senior
unsecured notes. The notes will be issued in three parts, with
maturities of 2017, 2021, and 2024. Proceeds will be used for general
corporate purposes, including funding of Boeing Capital Corporation
(BCC).

The Rating Outlook is Stable. The ratings cover approximately $9.1
billion of debt ($7.25 billion at BA and $1.85 billion at BCC), pro
forma for today’s issuance, recent maturities, and near-term maturities.
A full list of ratings is included at the end of this release.

Fitch notes that BCC had $500 million of debt mature on Oct. 27, with an
additional $150 million maturing next week. Today’s issuance will
continue the shift of external debt to the parent’s balance sheet and
away from BCC following Boeing’s full guarantee of BCC’s outstanding
public debt in early 2013. Fitch expects some of the proceeds of today’s
issuance could be lent to BCC

Article source: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/fitch-rates-boeings-proposed-senior-unsecured-notes-a-2014-10-28

The large amount of jet fuel required to fly an airplane from point A to point B can have negative impacts on the environment and—as higher fuel costs contribute to rising ticket prices—a traveler’s wallet. With funding from NASA and the Boeing Company, engineers from the Division of Engineering and Applied Science at Caltech and their collaborators from the University of Arizona have developed a device that lets planes fly with much smaller tails, reducing the planes’ overall size and weight, thus increasing fuel efficiency.

On October 8, the researchers—including Emilio Graff, research project manager in aerospace at Caltech and a leader on the project—were presented with a NASA Group Achievement Award “for exceptional achievement executing a full-scale wind-tunnel test, proving the flight feasibility of active flow control.”

Source: CalTech

An airplane’s tail forms a critical part of the control system that helps steer the plane during flying. During flight, air rushes around the vertical tail with great force and is deflected by the tail’s rudder—a moveable flap at the rear of the tail that can steer the plane by angling air to the left or right. By moving the rudder left or right, a pilot can move the air in one direction or the other, helping to keep the plane flying straight during a strong crosswind.

During the high speeds of flight, the air flow around the tail is so strong that the rudder can control the plane’s path with

Article source: http://www.engineering.com/DesignerEdge/DesignerEdgeArticles/ArticleID/8807/Can-Smaller-Tails-Mean-Greener-Planes.aspx

Men who once were active pilots and air crew chiefs are now passing their enthusiasm and know-how about flying to young people through a model plane workshop at the Fairfield Senior Center.

The program’s first session, called Build-A-Plane Day, took place Saturday morning.

In the center’s wood-working room, several members of the Fairfield Flying Aces Club guided young people in assembling rubber-band powered model planes that would later be flight tested. Together, the intergenerational group worked side by side, cutting, trimming and gluing the various aircraft parts, all the while discussing flight dynamics and theory.

Rick DeAngelis, 79, of Fairfield, who organized the Flying Aces Club in 2002, led the workshop. “We are 28 guys now, all members of the senior center,” he explained. “Half are former Air Force veterans, the other half are model airplane enthusiasts. We meet Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 3 p.m., flying planes that we’ve built at home in the gym here. We fly both rubber-band powered and micro-radio-controlled planes,” known as micro RCs.

When DeAngelis started the Aces, there were just a half dozen members, but it has grown quickly. Over time, the group decided to involve young enthusiasts. “RCs have gotten expensive while rubber-band-powered planes are much less expensive,” said DeAngelis. “They cost just $1.50 to build and are easier for kids. We don’t charge any fees for the workshop. I buy the kits and donate them.”

The “stick-and-tissue” kits, as they are commonly known, consist of balsa wood parts, plastic propellers and tissue paper.

DeAngelis said that his

Article source: http://www.fairfieldcitizenonline.com/news/article/Fairfield-Flying-Aces-Generations-bond-5855108.php

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