From barf bags to dinnerware, airline memorabilia circuit has it all …

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Writer

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Reflections On The Grumman G-111

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Reflections On The Grumman G-111

Written by David H. Marion – After Seaplanemagazine.com published Part 3 of my Spotter’s Guide for the Grumman Albatross, I received a very nice e-mail from Ray Wolfe, who in addition to his day job as an airline pilot is a renowned Grumman Albatross flight operations expert. Ray was a close friend and business partner of Chuck Kimes, the American Airlines captain who died in the tragic crash of the twin-turbine Aleutian Goose in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in February 2011. Together they ran Seaplane Operations LLC, which along with Grumman Albatross maintenance and restoration expert Dennis Buehn used to sponsor annual Albatross fly-ins and training seminars on Lakes Havasu and Mead in southern Nevada. Ray also helped “crew” Dr. Bill DaSilva’s warbird Grumman HU-16C Albatross (N7025N, msn G-409, ex-USN Bu. no. 141262) when it was used to fly medical personnel and supplies into Haiti after the 7.0 earthquake that struck there in January 2010.

Image: Courtesy and Copyright of Tricia Dunham

Ray also very generously shared with me a 47-page compilation of his research on Grumman Albatrosses, including histories of each aircraft and interesting tidbits about their production, etc. One such tidbit that was previously unknown to me was the fact that Chrysler Corporation (yes, the automobile manufacturer) apparently subcontracted the primary hull aerostructure fabrication and subassembly of 227 Albatross airframes out of the total of 466 aircraft eventually built by Grumman. The Chrysler-built hulls

Article source: https://seaplanemagazine.com/2018/10/05/reflections-on-the-grumman-g-111/

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A final descent for one of the state’s oldest airports

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MARLBOROUGH — “There is an anecdote: ‘How do you make a small fortune in aviation? You start with a larger one,’” said Sandra Stetson, sitting in the light blue office of her airport.

“I used to laugh, but I don’t anymore,” she said.

After struggling to keep open the nearly century-old Marlboro Airport
, Stetson, 70, is planning to sell the land to a developer.

The airport, which she bought with her husband in 1999, is a village-like scatter of rusty buildings with hand-painted signs: T hangars, the oil shed, a Quonset hut classroom, the office, the mechanic shop. Yellow wildflowers bloombeside the scarred single runway.

It opened in the field of a dairy farm in 1922, just a dozen years after the first recorded flight in New England. It is said to be the oldest public airport in continuous use in the state; Logan (originally Boston Airport) opened a year later. The Marlboro strip was first paved in the 1960s.

There, Rex Trailer — the singing cowboy who was host of the WBZ kids’ program “Boomtown” from 1956 to 1974 — liked to hang out. Forbes list billionaires flew in. Even then-president Barack Obama landed there while touring storm damage in 2010.

Marlboro’s imminent demise comes as a blow to aviation supporters in Massachusetts, who say the state

Article source: https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2018/10/05/final-descent-for-one-state-oldest-airports/tDa1ckBjjoAr1hErFS7zbL/story.html

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TX: Rusk County Air Show Takes Off Saturday

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Oct. 03–Fun will take flight this weekend at the 2018 Rusk County Celebration of Flight.

The annual event is in its fifth year and will feature a fly-in by an expert flight team, live music and free “Young Eagles” flights for kids ages 8-16.

“The Young Eagles will begin flying at about 8 o’clock but I don’t expect the airplanes to really start arriving before 9. Plan on coming about 9 to catch everything,” said Rusk County Airport Manager Ron Franks.

He added parents could register their children for the free flights at the airport’s website, www.RuskCountyAirport.com, by clicking the link at the bottom of the page and then filling out the registration form.

A plane will be available for adults to ride in for a fee.

The event will also provide live music for all guests.

“The ‘Sounds of Swing’ will begin playing at 10 o’clock in a free concert that will last from 10 to about 1,” Franks said. “It’s a free concert. Everything is free except the food vendors that will be there.”

The highlight of the event will be a flyover and performance by an elite Texas flying team.

“We will have the Falcon Flight Formation. They’ll do a flyover and land. They’re a precision formation flyers team and they’re very good. They have unique airplanes they fly in. They’re really crowd pleasers.”

Franks explained the Falcon Flight Formation team uses airplanes known as “RVs” constructed from kits, usually built by the pilots themselves.

“It’s like a model airplane except it’s big and after you

Article source: https://www.aviationpros.com/news/12432432/rusk-county-air-show-takes-off-saturday

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Rapidly shifting battery technology complicates Zunum’s plans for hybrid electric airplane

Posted on October 5, 2018 by Writer

Bothell-based startup Zunum Aero, which is developing hybrid electric airplanes, depends crucially upon the evolution of Tesla-style lithium ion battery technology. Yet the rapid changes to that technology are complicating the effort.

Zunum engineers, awaiting the best available battery system that might be available when the plane is ready for passenger service five or more years from now, cannot yet settle upon which batteries will power the first airplane. And they anticipate having to redo the battery certification process multiple times even after that, as the technology improves.

Matt Knapp, Zunum’s chief technical officer for the propulsion system, said that without a firm battery selection, mechanical engineers are today working on the airframe design without a precise idea of the shape, size or weight of the battery pack that will be fitted inside the wings.

“It’s driving my mechanical engineers nuts,” said Knapp in an interview. “They are having to figure out how to accommodate a changing energy source and size over the lifetime of the aircraft.”

He said that because battery technology, being developed largely in the auto manufacturing world, is evolving quickly, “We don’t have a crystal ball to lock down a (battery) production partner for 2022.” That’s when Zunum wants to start final Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification of the airplane.

And Zunum’s engineers expect the state-of-the-art in battery technology to continue to shift, which will mean any improvements developed over the coming years

Article source: https://www.seattletimes.com/business/boeing-aerospace/rapidly-shifting-battery-technology-complicates-zunums-plans-for-hybrid-electric-airplane/

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Things to do 10.05.18

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Writer

Submit calendar items and photos by mail or email. Please include your phone number. Email: yournews@muskogeephoenix.com. Mail: Features, P.O. Box 1968, Muskogee 74402. For information, call (918) 684-2922.

FRIDAY

Arts

CHEROKEE PRISON: POST STATEHOOD EXHIBIT, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. through Jan. 31, Cherokee National Prison Museum, 124 E. Choctaw St., Tahlequah. The exhibit tells the story of what happened to the prison once it was purchased by Cherokee County and features both historical information and personal stories of the site. Information: (877) 779-6977 or www.visitcherokeenation.com.

Classes

CELEBRATE RECOVERY, 6 p.m. Fridays, New Hope Assembly of God, 110 W. 58th St. For transportation: (918) 351-5218 or (918) 348-0424.

FREE ADDICTIONS PROGRAM, 7 p.m. Fridays, Liberty Baptist Temple, 821 Gibson St. Free to all who are addicted to drugs, gambling, alcohol, cigarettes, immorality, or more. Information: (918) 682-9999.

Concerts

THE TRIO: MONICA, TRAVIS AND JARED, 7 p.m. Oct. 5, The Roxy Theater, 220 W. Okmulgee Ave. A night full of bluegrass, red dirt, roots and gospel’esque. Tickets: $5. Debit/credit cards accepted. Concessions available. Information: (918) 684-6366.

Events

BLACKGUM HARVESTIME CHURCH SEWING SISTERS “QUILTS OF PAST PRESENT” CHRISTMAS QUILT SHOW, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 9-10, Blackgum Harvestime Church, 451558 E. 980 Road (eight miles north of I-40 exit 297) on Hwy. 82, Vian or one mile south of McQuick’s Grocery (Junction Hwy. 82 and 100). Admission is $5. The quilt entries will be Christmas theme. In addition to all of the beautiful quilts to view, they will have a boutique, Christmas Café, door prizes and vendors. For information or to request an entry form, contact (918) 457-9362, (918) 773-8767, www.facebook.com/quiltsofpastpresent/ or blackgumquiltshow@windstream.net.

BOO ON

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32nd annual Farm Festival this weekend – messenger

Posted on October 4, 2018 by Writer

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Article source: http://www.messenger-inquirer.com/news/local/nd-annual-farm-festival-this-weekend/article_b806ac3c-f283-5f56-9e10-89c6ad515165.html

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