Model Airplanes

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – On Sunday wings were flying high at the 10th annual Black Hills Air Rally.

model airplanes soared through the skies of Propbuster Field in north Rapid.

About 80 pilots and spectators came together for a weekend of flying and camaraderie.

The Rapid City Propbusters secretary says people can make their planes from scratch or buy ones almost ready to fly.

They can cost anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to a couple thousand.

Gene Jobgen, secretary, Rapid City Propbusters. says, “I enjoyed myself immensely. I always do. It’s something that a group of us started 10 years ago and we’ve continued to do it. It’s just good to see old friends from all around the country and make new ones with new people that show up every year. It’s always been a good time.”

Gene encourages everyone to join the instructional program of the Rapid City Propbusters Club.

He says it can get expensive if you keep crashing your plane, so it’s best to learn from members with decades of knowledge.

Article source: http://www.blackhillsfox.com/content/news/Rapid-City-Propbusters-celebrate-10th-annual-Black-Hills-Air-Rally-491769461.html

Haunted Trolley Tour tickets on sale

Due to overwhelming demand, tickets are now on sale for this year’s Murder and Mayhem Haunted Trolley Tour and Progressive Dinner. The trolley tour will be held at 5:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Oct. 25, 27 and 31. The dinner, hosted by the Fort Smith Museum of History, the Bonneville House and the Clayton House, will be held at 6 p.m. Oct. 26 and 29. Both events are for attendees 21 and older.

Tickets are $100 per person for the progressive dinner and $50 per person for the trolley tour. Visit the museum, 320 Rogers Ave., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday or call (479) 783-7841 for reservations or information.

BalloonFest seeking volunteers

The Poteau BalloonFest will be held Oct. 19-20 and is in need of volunteers. Volunteers receive a gate admission armband, a t-shirt, a meal voucher and a parking pass. Contact Sara Powell at (918) 647-9178 for information or to sign up.

Golf dates, locations announced

The remaining dates and locations for The River Valley Golf Association include Chamberlyne golf course in Danville, Monday; The Creek course in Cave Springs, Sept. 10; Wolf Ridge course in Poteau, Sept. 17; Cherokee Creek course in Booneville, Sept. 24; Ben Geren course in Fort Smith, Oct. 1-2; Deer Trails course in Barling, Oct. 8; Little Creek course in Ratcliff, Oct. 15; and Vache Grasse course in Greenwood, Oct. 22. Check-in begins at 8 a.m.; check-in cutoff is 9 a.m. sharp.

Tribal museums offer free admission

Cherokee Nation

Article source: http://www.swtimes.com/entertainmentlife/20180826/briefly---82618

GREEN — Pilots of all ages and experiences enjoyed Saturday’s sunny skies by testing out their various model airplanes during the 16th annual District II Fly-In at Trinca Airport.

The event, hosted by the Top O’ New Jersey R/C Club and sponsored by the Academy of Model Aeronautics, was held just for fun, as participants demonstrated skills for their fellow fliers along with the crowd of spectators at the airport. The show doubled as a fundraiser for veterans, with a portion of the proceeds to be donated to the Northern New Jersey Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Sparta, according to Top O’ New Jersey President Pat Rizzuto.

“There are competitions, but today’s event is really about having fun flying, demonstrating it to the general public and supporting America’s military and military veterans,” said Eric Williams, vice president of AMA, District II.

The fly-in continues today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Saturday’s showcase, which marked the third time Trinca Airport has been the host, included appearances by state Sen. Steve Oroho, R-24th Dist., who participated in the opening ceremony, as well as a U.S. Air Force recruiting member displaying a model F-22 airplane.

Williams estimated that close to 100 pilots took part in the fly-in, and because many bring multiple planes with them, roughly 200 model aircraft took to the skies in total by the end of the day. The machines were fueled by a variety of aircraft propulsion systems, including electric power, model

Article source: http://www.njherald.com/20180826/model-planes-take-to-the-sky-in-green

Some Sunnyvale residents and their neighbors in Mountain View and Cupertino have a common complaint: their family dinners and backyard leisure times are shattered by the noise of airplanes that fly directly overhead seemingly every two minutes 24/7.

Dozens of them packed a standing-room only town hall meeting Thursday night at the Sunnyvale Community Center to complain about planes that fly too low, too loud and too often in and out of the Bay Area’s airports.

“It’s hellish, frankly,” said one area resident of 26 years. Others griped about the process of lodging complaints, saying they don’t know who exactly to contact or whether anyone is even paying them attention.

The complaints about increased air traffic stem from a plan implemented by the Federal Aviation Administration in 2015 that rerouted incoming flights at airports around the country, including Mineta San Jose International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and the smaller ones in in Palo Alto and San Carlos. Dubbed NextGen, short for Next Generation Air Transportation System, the plan’s purpose is to reduce air traffic congestion by directing flights to approach airports along a fixed, narrow “superhighway” above parts of the Peninsula and South Bay at altitudes below 5,000 feet. As a result, slices of some cities bear the brunt of the noise.

Compounding the problem are weather conditions such as high winds, which cause some flights at Mineta to be rerouted. And then there was the six-month period from 2016 to 2017 where Surf Air, a California-based commuter airline, tested a new route that took planes toward Moffett

Article source: https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/08/24/sunnyvale-residents-say-theyve-had-enough-of-airplane-noise/