Model Airplanes

Washington: Police and aviation authorities in Florida’s Miami-Dade are scouring a swampy grassland for clues to help explain what caused the midair collision between two small aircraft in which an Indian woman trainee pilot and three others were killed. The body of the fourth victim of the midair collision between the two small aircraft of a Miami flight school over a swampy grassland was retrieved yesterday, ending the mission to look for survivors, the Miami Herald reported.

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But searchers continued to scour the razor-like sawgrass in hopes of finding clues to help explain what caused the accident, the daily said. The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board will take over the investigation about the causes of the crash and how it happened, said Miami-Dade detective and spokesman Alvaro Zabaleta.

On Tuesday, two aircraft, Piper PA-34 and Cessna 172, belonging to Dean International Flight School based at Miami Executive Airport, smashed into each other in the sky and plummeted to the ground, 14 kilometres west from where they took off.  After a frantic search, police and fire rescue staff recovered the bodies of 19-year-old Indian woman Nisha Sejwal, Jorge Sanchez, 22, and Ralph Knight, 72. Police later pulled the body of another 22-year-old trainee pilot Carlos Alfredo Zanetti Scarpati from the swampy grassland, according to Zabaleta.

Police believe that Scarpati was flying with Sanchez and that Knight and Sejwal were in the other plane together. Zabaleta said Sejwal, who hailed from New Delhi, was on a routine flight check to

Article source: https://www.firstpost.com/world/florida-plane-crash-us-authorities-probe-mid-air-collision-which-killed-indian-trainee-pilot-three-others-4777291.html

Model aircraft flyers throughout Central New Jersey are hoping they could one day be allowed to fly while the president is in town.

Whenever President Donald Trump makes a visit to his private golf course in Bedminster, or anywhere else in the country for that matter, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for a 30-mile radius.

This year, Trump has visited the Central New Jersey golf course twice. Last year, he came several times during the summer.

The TFRs ground aircrafts as large as a Boeing 757 — like Trump’s own personal jet — and as small a model RC plane.

“It affects our ability for educating people, bringing them into the hobby, because our hobby is family-oriented and community-based,” said Eric Williams, vice president of District II for the Academy of Model Aeronautics. “It also affects the community events and organizations that we support.”

Just how many people does this impact? Williams said there are around 30 clubs associated with the AMA within the 30-mile radius of the TFR when the president is at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. He also said there are about 2,500 members affected by the TFR. 

Last year, for example, members of the Broken Props Airplane Club, a part of Somerset County 4-H, could not fly their model airplanes at the Somerset County 4-H Fair because Trump was visiting his golf course in Bedminster. 

In addition, the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning had to meet with the Secret

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FARNBOROUGH, England — Boeing is seeking to rewrite the rules for building and selling commercial jets as it plans for a new mid-range aircraft dubbed the 797.

For decades, the company pushed its planes to fly ever farther. The 787 Dreamliner, the company’s last all-new jetliner, opened nearly 200 nonstop routes. The 777X will be the first twin-engine jet designed to haul more than 400 travelers halfway around the world. Both are built in Everett.

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But for its next aircraft, Boeing plans to dial back the ambition for range, shooting instead for a plane that’s tailored for, say, the eight- to 10-hour flight from Chicago to Central Europe. That market hasn’t been considered cutting-edge since the Berlin Wall was standing and the company’s 757 and 767 were forging new trans-Atlantic connections. More recently, Airbus has been edging into the niche by bumping up the range of its popular single-aisle jetliner, the A321neo.

What’s revolutionary about the so-called 797 is the gush of money that Boeing hopes to get not only from making and selling the plane but from keeping it in the air. The mid-market family would

Article source: https://www.heraldnet.com/business/boeing-rewriting-business-rulebook-as-797-plans-take-shape/

By Julie Johnsson / Bloomberg News

FARNBOROUGH, England — Boeing is seeking to rewrite the rules for building and selling commercial jets as it plans for a new mid-range aircraft dubbed the 797.

For decades, the company pushed its planes to fly ever farther. The 787 Dreamliner, the company’s last all-new jetliner, opened nearly 200 nonstop routes. The 777X will be the first twin-engine jet designed to haul more than 400 travelers halfway around the world. Both are built in Everett.

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  As Boeing 797 nears, GE ‘wrestling’ with what to do on enginesJul 16, 2018

• Bitter Rivals Airbus and Boeing agree: No one wins trade warJul 16, 2018

• A glowing pitch to entice Boeing avoids some touchy issuesJun 10, 2018

• Report’s message to Boeing: Build the 797 here in WashingtonJun 6, 2018

But for its next aircraft, Boeing plans to dial back the ambition for range, shooting instead for a plane that’s tailored for, say, the eight- to 10-hour flight from Chicago to Central Europe. That market hasn’t been considered cutting-edge since the Berlin Wall was standing and the company’s 757 and 767 were forging new trans-Atlantic connections. More recently, Airbus has been edging into the niche by bumping up the range of its popular single-aisle jetliner, the A321neo.

What’s revolutionary about the so-called 797 is the gush of money that Boeing hopes to get not only from making and selling the plane but from keeping it in the

Article source: https://www.heraldnet.com/business/boeing-rewriting-business-rulebook-as-797-plans-take-shape/

For example, “we worked with two business partners in May 2018 to conduct the world’s first dismantling of a composite fuselage airplane, an early production 787 Dreamliner.” The goal is to “help the industry develop techniques for composite airplane recycling,” for aircraft that will not begin to retire for at least another decade” she said.

SkyArt, based in Istanbul, has come up with a way to give some composite and mixed plastic elements a second life. “Cabin interiors used to go to landfills,” said Irmak Erol, SkyArt’s sales director. The company, which also makes aviation-themed furniture using retired aircraft parts, turns aircraft interiors into simulators used by cabin crew training institutions, event organizers, movie production companies and advertising agencies.

SkyArt’s clients include major airlines, corporations, aviation enthusiasts, architects, interior designers, children’s theme park developers, as well as Middle Eastern kings, heads of state and casinos in Macau. A current commission is from the United States State Department. “We are about to deliver a B-777 mock-up” to the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan, Mr. Erol said. “The device will be used for the training of Kazakh Border Guard Service personnel. It is a huge device with a cockpit.”

Southwest Airlines, which removed 87 planes from service in 2017 and recycled parts of 23, has additionally taken what it calls a holistic approach. In 2013 it created a “Repurpose with Purpose” program that has upcycled, downcycled and recycled nearly

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/16/business/airplane-parts-recycling-furniture.html

Model aircraft flyers throughout Central New Jersey are hoping they could one day be allowed to fly while the president is in town.

Whenever President Donald Trump makes a visit to his private golf course in Bedminster, or anywhere else in the country for that matter, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR) for a 30-mile radius.

This year, Trump has visited the Central New Jersey golf course twice. Last year, he came several times during the summer.

The TFRs ground aircrafts as large as a Boeing 757 — like Trump’s own personal jet — and as small a model RC plane.

“It affects our ability for educating people, bringing them into the hobby, because our hobby is family-oriented and community-based,” said Eric Williams, vice president of District II for the Academy of Model Aeronautics. “It also affects the community events and organizations that we support.”

Just how many people does this impact? Williams said there are around 30 clubs associated with the AMA within the 30-mile radius of the TFR when the president is at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster. He also said there are about 2,500 members affected by the TFR. 

Last year, for example, members of the Broken Props Airplane Club, a part of Somerset County 4-H, could not fly their model airplanes at the Somerset County 4-H Fair because Trump was visiting his golf course in Bedminster. 

In addition, the New Jersey Festival of Ballooning had to meet with the Secret

Article source: https://www.wfmynews2.com/article/news/nation-now/presidential-visits-ground-model-airplanes-for-thousands-of-square-miles/465-a3e81ad2-a2f0-4d4c-a8be-8bb35b3490f5