Model Airplanes

Scores of notable people around the globed passed away in 2018. They come from all corners and all walks of life. The one thing they all have in common is the legacy they leave behind. Here are their stories.

Thomas Monson, 90; Longtime president of Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Jan. 2

Edward “Fast Eddie” Clarke, 67; Former guitarist for the British hard rock band Motorhead, Jan. 10

Doreen Tracey, 74: Former child star was one of the original Mouseketeers on “The Mickey Mouse Club” in the 1950s, Jan. 10

John Tunney, 83: Former U.S. senator from California whose successful campaign for a seat became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film “The Candidate,” Jan. 12

Keith Jackson, 89: Voice of college football for more than five decades, Jan. 12

Dan Gurney, 86: First race card driver with victories in each of the Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR Cup series, Jan. 14

Dolores O’Riordan, 46: Lead singer of Irish rock band The Cranberries, Jan. 15.

Edwin Hawkins, 74: Grammy-winner gospel star best known for crossover hit “Oh Happy Day,” Jan. 15

JoJo White, 71: Basketball Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtics great spent two seasons with the Warriors, Jan. 16

Dorothy Malone, 93: Oscar-winning actress for “Written on the Wind” was best known for role as long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap “Peyton Place,” Jan. 19

Article source: http://www.chicoer.com/names-we-wont-forget-famous-people-who-died-in-2018

Bigger, busier, longer, safer — but not faster.

This was another record-breaking year for aviation. In 2018, we flew more, but safety records were higher than ever.

The world’s longest flight relaunched, between Singapore and New York, and the first ever direct flight took place between Australia and the UK.

We got excited about the Boeing 777X, with its game-changing folding winglets, and the Beluga XL, with its humpbacked shape and smiling whale livery.

We were wowed by the upcoming Jewel addition to Changi’s Singapore Airport, and can’t wait to book our rooms in the retro-themed TWA Hotel at JFK.

Here are

CNN Travel

‘s highlights from the aviation year.

January

Nearly four billion people flew in 2017, according to the International Civil Aviation Organization, making it the

busiest year ever

for commercial flights. However, it was also the

Article source: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/national/the-most-talked-about-aviation-moments-in-2018

Dad poked his head out his bedroom door, saw me passing by and yanked me inside.

“Help me wrap!”

He needed help with gifts for my younger brother and sister.

We sat on the floor, surrounded by ribbons and scraps of holiday paper. He was still in his blue work shirt after pulling an all-night tow call, asking me whether I thought Santa would bring me everything I wanted. I was 16.

I pulled from the Napa Auto Parts bag a rubbery black stick. He snatched it back. Because that was clearly MY gift.

“No, not that one. This bag. Wrap what’s in this bag.”

That’s how I knew, with my newly minted driver’s license and first used car, I got a tire air pressure gauge for Christmas.

Every year, my mom gave us neatly wrapped packages signed in perfect script with “Love, mom and dad.” She gave us clothes, toys and jewelry. These were the gifts we’d asked for and wanted.

Dad bought his own gifts. A mechanic and tow truck driver by trade, they came from auto part stores and sometimes luxury car washes. Over the years, I received sheep skin seat covers, new rims and tool sets. 

He got us what he wanted, but it didn’t matter

I’m not knocking gifts of the gear-head variety. They were great, though perhaps not for teenage daughters and a bookish son. He got us what he loved. What he would have wanted.

On Christmas morning, in the heap of opened presents, his gifts lay untouched. He only wanted to see the rapture on his children’s faces when they opened the gifts from Pep Boys

Article source: https://www.wkyc.com/article/news/nation-now/what-my-dad-who-died-on-christmas-day-taught-me-by-always-giving-awful-presents/465-ee94670e-e1b7-4fc4-bb88-8dadd39ba647

While most airplanes look much the same to harried air travelers, early next year Boeing’s newest jet may manage to catch and arrest even the casual eye.

Passengers about to board will see its long, long carbon-fiber wings arc up and away from low on the fuselage, gull-like, then curve downward to the tips. There the wings will end in what will surely be the iconic image of this plane: scythelike wingtips painted with a 777X and folded upward so the jet fits at the airport gate.

Hanging from the wings will be the most gigantic jet engines anyone has ever seen.