Model Airplanes

Chairman Air Peace, Allen Onyema, is also the founder/Chairman of Foundation for Ethnic Harmony in Nigeria (FEHN), a non-governmental organisation, which has been playing active roles in peaceful resolution in some parts of the country, particularly the Niger Delta. An accomplished businessman, Onyema recently ventured into the aviation industry by floating an airline named Air Peace, which has already acquired seven airplanes for scheduled and chartered local flights. In this interview with some editors in Lagos, he spoke on his new pet project, Air Peace and President Goodluck Jonathan’s contributions to the aviation industry.

You recently invested in aviation; can you shed light on this new business outfit? First and foremost, I am fulfilling the promise I made to God Almighty in 2003 that I would not only give him one per cent of my gross earnings for the purposes of evangelism but that I would also create massive jobs for others if only he would come to my aid in my businesses. I challenged God and he answered me. That money (one percent) is never my money, it is God’s. I have an account in one of the banks referred to as God’s Account. It is used for evangelism only. I have built and helped churches all over the country from this fund. It is never used for my sake. I have helped other religious bodies from there too. So floating Air Peace is a promise I made to God towards creating massive employment for the nation.

I have been a

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On any sunny summer day at Bullard Field in Elkhart you will find the sky full of aerobatic feats as planes perform loops, rolls and spins over the nearby rows of corn. During one Sunday the steady hum of engines was disrupted by a loud plunk as a plane lost control and crashed back to earth.

Club members with the Flight Masters of Elkhart County watched as a young pilot ran to the opposite edge of the flight field to search through the tall corn for his downed model plane. Five minutes later, the small crowd let out a cheer as the man returned with the plane intact.

“You can do a lot more with these than you can a real airplane,” said Jim Bowers, designated flight trainer for the club, “and they’re a lot cheaper.”

Up and down the flight line model planes of different shapes, sizes and colors were pulled out of the backs of cars, canvas bags and trucks.

Steve Bailey picked a spot near the end of the open field and worked on attaching the wings to his electric launch sail plane. When not in use, the electric propeller folds back, allowing the plane to soar, Bailey explained.

“What you’re doing is searching for bubbles of warm rising air and you try to keep yourself aloft with just that power,” Bailey said.

Farther up the field Harry Rombke, a club member since 1991, was having difficulty with his plane’s engine. A

Article source: http://www.elkharttruth.com/living/2014/08/06/Flight-Masters-of-Elkhart-County-continues-love-of-flying-with-model-airplanes.html

PASADENA, Calif. Youd never guess by watching Scottish actor Sam Heughan as the dashing highlander in the hotly-awaited Outlander that hes painfully shy in person.

I have no interest in the celebrity side or people knowing who I am, to be perfectly honest, he says, seated in a darkened pub in a hotel here.

I think its more about the characters you tell. And you can hide behind them. . . it feels very odd to have to be yourself. Id much rather be someone different and Outlander is wonderful. . . But it happens with each character. You take on board their life to live like they do. I think thats the joy of it, being other people.

He certainly earned his wish with Starzs mystical series which premieres Saturday. A married combat nurse in 1945 is suddenly hurled back in time to the 18th century where she meets an intrepid warrior, Jamie Fraser, played by Heughan.

In that time period people had to grow up fast, he says. There were a lot of hard trials. A man around 40 was an old person. And Jamies had the history: hes been flogged, beaten, a tough childhood, taught to be disciplined, he got beaten by his father. But its just rough justice. So I think I can bring that side to it. Its really interesting to see what parts of your life you take to each character.

Heughan (pronounced HEW-an) brought his own trials to the

Article source: http://readingeagle.com/ap/article/outlander-star-loses-himself-in-highlander-character

By AMANDA ALLEN

NRCC Public Relations

When it comes to assigning student projects, New River Community College CAD instructor Jeff Levy prides himself on “keeping it real.”

He pairs teams of his computer aided drafting students with engineering students to help simulate the diverse working environment they’ll encounter when they graduate. Then, he asks the teams to “develop a solution for a very complex problem;” and, he emphasizes, those solutions have to work.

Often, Levy bases the projects he assigns on current requests for proposals put out by the U.S. Department of Defense. “So, their solutions have to be viable,” he says. “They have to fall within a set of parameters that are created by organizations like DARPA [the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency], NASA, the Air Force or the Army.”

Last year, CAD and engineering student teams designed an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) down to the finest detail.

The UGV was designed as a modular military vehicle, with an interchangeable midsection that could accept special parts for tactical, reconnaissance and riot control missions. The UAV or “unmanned air superiority fighter,” was designed as a technologically advanced fifth-generation stealth military aircraft with low probability of intercept radar and a unique forward-swept wing design.

Another team continued working on design efforts begun the previous year to create a full-scale model of the Queen Anne’s Revenge (QAR) — the flagship of famed pirate Blackbeard. The

Article source: http://www.southwesttimes.com/2014/08/cad-instructor-helps-students-keep-it-real/

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I’m emily chang.

Apple reportedly hits the robot and on its new content delivery network will with a portion available in the united states and europe.

His means apple can control virtually every aspect of the user experience and will no longer have to rely on third-party to deliver — third parties to deliver content.

The death toll from the ebola outbreak in west africa has grown to 887. a second american infected with the virus is expected to arrive in atlanta tomorrow.

We speak with a health expert about how technology can track and treat the virus.

Microsoft is applying surface tablets to nfl coaches for the upcoming season.

They’ll have limited features to prevent cheating.

The tablet belonging to the bills coach did not work for half of last night’s preseason game.

To the lead story of the day, apple takes a major step toward controlling the user experience and is spending tens of billions of dollars to build its own network, its own internet act bone.

A new report says a small portion of the delivery network has gone live in the u.s. and europe.

Apple has reportedly struck deals allowing apple to deliver content like ios up eight to wreck lead to consumers.

This means the content can be delivered at faster speeds and without relying on technology from third-party companies.

Our editor at

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