Model Airplanes

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Steven Devine, who received both his bachelor’s degree (1984) and master’s degree (1986) in civil engineering from Penn State, was recently named one of 12 recipients of the 2018 Outstanding Engineering Alumni Award.

The award, established in 1966, is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Engineering and recognizes graduates who have reached exceptional levels of professional achievement. 

Devine said he chose Penn State because of its reputation. Growing up in southeastern Pennsylvania, both the Penn State engineering program and the Penn State football program were quite well-known.

Civil engineering also came as a natural choice. Devine always had an interest in structures and was often building things as a child, including model airplanes and rockets. When deciding his major, Devine first looked at the aerospace program but ultimately chose civil engineering because it offered many courses in structural engineering, which was his real interest. 

Entering his senior year of college, Devine recognized that while the civil engineering undergraduate program taught basic fundamentals, it didn’t allow the ability to focus on a specialty. Since he ultimately wanted to specialize in structural engineering, Devine began looking for funding for graduate school.

Professor Emeritus Robert Barnoff told him assistantships were highly competitive, but Devine hoped persistence and good grades would work in his favor. His determination paid off.

“I got the assistantship,” he said. “I really thank Dr. Barnoff for believing in me and getting me that assistantship because it really made a difference in my life.”

Graduate school consisted of a combination of

Article source: http://news.psu.edu/story/512536/2018/03/27/career-development/alumnus-steven-devine-receives-outstanding-engineering

Homemade airplanes soared through the skies on Sunday, March 25 as JagFlite club members seniors Zach King and Gage Weber tested the aircraft that they built.

With the weather being so nice, the two club members could not pass up an opportunity to take to the skies with their creations at Stump Park.

By Drake Brizendine
Putting down the model plane, seniors Gage Weber and Zach King position the plane for takeoff. JagFlight put on a demonstration of their two model planes on Sunday, March 25.

“The weather has to be pretty clear in order for us to make any progress or learn anything new about the flying process,” King said. “The planes will usually just end up crashing to the ground if there is any wind or rain.”

The members of JagFlite have a fairly long process when it comes to constructing their aircraft, Weber said. So, waiting for the skies to be clear is a small price to pay in order to ensure that no harm comes to club’s vehicles.

The building process involves a lot of time and incorporates just as much planning and visualising as it does building, according to Weber.

“We start by cutting out the design of the plane we want to build, taping the designs together, tracing them on foam board and then cutting all of that out,” Weber said.

Before the club members can continue building, they must find what parts they are going to need and order

Article source: https://www.mvnews.org/jagflite-club-members-fly-homemade-aircraft/

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If you’re like me, you travel from time to time for business, perhaps spending a little too much time on airplanes. Imagine on your next trip, you’re walking up the jetway to board the plane, and you’re greeted by the pilot at the entrance. You engage in some small talk, and she shares that this is the first time she’s flown this particular model of airplane. Registering some alarm in your face, she adds, “But don’t worry — I had to pass an extensive written exam and was cleared to fly it.”

“Passed a written exam?” you think to yourself. “How ready could this pilot really be? Am I ready to literally put my life in her hands to find out?”

Fortunately, this scenario would never actually happen in real life. Commercial pilots receive weeks, if not months of rigorous training when learning to fly a new type of plane. They’re also required to spend many hours in a simulator, being assessed and coached by an instructor. They will then spend hours in the air, again being assessed and coached, until they’re deemed certified to fly solo.

When it comes to B2B sales — while there may not be life-or-death stakes — sales enablement leadership can take a lesson from the airline industry when it comes to training. Too often, sellers are asked to complete courseware that requires assessment only through quizzes and tests — then are sent out ill-prepared to engage with buyers, ending in meetings that, at best, never

Article source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinessdevelopmentcouncil/2018/03/28/sales-team-readiness-if-youre-not-assessing-youre-just-guessing/

Boeing handed over the newest member of the 787 family—the 787-10—to launch customer Singapore Airlines (SIA) during a ceremony Sunday evening at the manufacturer’s South Carolina production facility. The delivery of 787-10 9V-SCA, celebrated before 3,000 Boeing employees and their guests, SIA and Rolls-Royce executives, and other dignitaries, follows U.S. FAA type certification on January 22.

With the delivery, SIA Group becomes the first to operate all three members of the 787 family, which also includes the original -8 and the -9. “[The 787-10] will be an important element in our overall growth strategy, enabling us to extend our network and strengthen our operations,” SIA CEO Goh Choon Phong said during the ceremony, adding the model will serve as a platform for the airline to debut a “new regional cabin product” that will involve two classes seating 36 in business class and 301 in economy class. The airline plans to unveil that product later in the week, he added.

SIA, which has placed firm orders for 49 of the new model, plans to begin operations with the aircraft in May on a route to Osaka, Japan. The airline is adding a second route to Perth, Australia, also in May, using the 787-10.

In concert with those plans, Boeing has accelerated production of SIA-bound 787-10s, taxiing two more to the flight line ready for delivery. In fact, Boeing displayed the number three SIA 787-10, 9V-SCC, as part of the backdrop for a light show during the delivery celebration. Meanwhile, SIA 787-10s in the works included two more in

Article source: https://www.ainonline.com/aviation-news/air-transport/2018-03-25/singapore-airlines-takes-first-boeing-787-10

I was going through all of the February photos making final deletions, adding keywords before committing to closure of the month and the filing of February 2018, when I came across a shoot I did while running the ridge from Humphreys Peak to Agassiz … and back and then run it again. If you ever go down to Torrey Pines in SoCal you will see gliders, hang gliders and model airplanes doing the same thing. There they have the constant on shore breeze from the Pacific Ocean hitting the bluffs and deflecting the wind vertically providing a rising cushion of air that you can soar in as long as the breeze lasts. In mountains, ridgelines and the like when you have a wind hitting the mountain at a more or less 90 degree angle you have the same effect, but on a far grander scale. I was at 12,629’ when I took this shot which is about 4’ below Humphreys Peak from which I was coming and about 300’ above Agassiz which is the peak in front of me as are the upper reaches of Snow Bowl. The trees were all covered with a hoar frost and it looked like Christmas … kinda felt like it too, but then a lot of days feel that way, especially the one I find myself in, cause I’M ALIVE!!! Thanks Steve 😊

So the weekend is upon us, have fun, keep breathing and creating a wonderful life … always the choice we have and

Article source: https://www.cvbugle.com/news/2018/mar/26/sedona-pathways-our-daily-journey-march-26-2018/