Fayette County native and partner say they’d do ‘The Amazing Race’ again – Tribune

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Writer

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As soon as Jen Hudak and Western Pennsylvania’s Kristi Leskinen gathered the parts for their mock airplane — a task the duo called Team Extreme got to before the other two remaining teams on “The Amazing Race” — they thought, this is it. They were going to win the $1 million grand prize and come in first.

But then, Hudak’s mechanically oriented mind focused on the sensible assembly of an airplane, and missed the hidden puzzle in the maddening final challenge that one member of each team had to try repeatedly until they figured it out. Meanwhile, their partners watched and cheered them on as they endured the final task aboard the USS Hornet in San Francisco.

Without knowing it, Hudak — of Park City, Utah — came within one piece of finishing the plane on her first try, but she didn’t put a wing on backward, as the puzzle full of symbols from the journey of the CBS show’s 30th season required. Alas, Team Extreme — leaders all season — came in third place, and felt heartbroken initially.

Jen Hudak races to complete a model plane in the final challenge of this season’s “The Amazing Race.”

Photo by CBS

 

“I love puzzles and was looking forward to the final memory challenge,” Hudak says. “It was our

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‘Big Brother’ beats ‘The Amazing Race’

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Writer

The next time your dad tells you to stop lying around the house all summer and go out and make some money, tell him you’re training to win a million bucks. That’s pretty much what happened in the season finale of The Amazing Race on Wednesday night. Cody and Jessica, having spent the past season of Big Brother taking naps and snickering at everyone around them, proved themselves lively competitors in the 30th running of the “race around the world” and won the million-dollar first-place prize.

To accomplish this, the duo defeated the two other finalist teams, Yale graduates Henry and Evan and X-Games champs Kristi and Jen. For anyone who watched Cody and Jess’s time in the Big Brother house, their Amazing Race performance was startling. In BB, the duo was an isolationist pair, cutting themselves off from the rest of the household with surly sullenness — their go-to facial expressions were dead stares. On TAR, they came alive. Jess was affably chatty and frequently quite amusing in her analysis of the show’s challenges and other contestants. Cody dropped his tough-guy deadpan much of the time, extolled his love for Jess to the cameras, and powered his way through many of the most difficult “roadblocks.” It’s hard to make the case that they did not deserve to win.

Nevertheless, there was a lot of grousing on Twitter that Cody cyborg-ed his way through numerous physical

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Museum features permanent Tuskegee Airman exhibit

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Writer


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Tammy Real-McKeighan is news editor of the Fremont Tribune. She covers news, features, religion stories and writes the weekly faith-based, Spiritual Spinach column.

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JOSEPH A. SARRA SR

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Writer

GIRARD – Joseph A. Sarra Sr., 75, passed away suddenly on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018, at his residence.

“Joe” was born Aug. 15, 1942, in Youngstown, the son of Oddo and Elizabeth (Lorenzo) Sarra.

Joe served his country in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War. He worked for Girard City Schools as a bus driver and later as a custodian for 26 years, retiring in 1999.

He was a member of St. Rose Church, The Short Circuit  R/C model airplane club and the Ohio AFSCME Retiree Chapter 1184. Joe loved watching all sports especially football and NASCAR. He had drag raced in his younger years, and enjoyed making and flying his model airplanes.

He leaves to cherish his memory, the love of his life, Debra Gutierrez; his son, Joseph A. Sarra Jr. of Georgia; his stepdaughters, Gina and Michelle Gutierrez, both of Girard; eight grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

Besides his parents, Joe was preceded in death by his brothers, Dominic and Ralph Sarra.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday, Feb. 24, at 6 p.m. at the Blackstone Funeral Home, where the family will receive relatives and friends from 4 p.m. until the time of service.

Visit www.blackstonefuneralhome.com to view this obituary and to send any condolences to the family.


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Hobby Drones Just Keep Flying

Posted on February 23, 2018 by Writer

My own understanding of the complexities of the Part 107 commercial UAS regulations was about as helpful as Rakic’s. We both agreed Part 107 demanded roughly a 400-foot AGL altitude limit for drones and the need to remain clear of airports unless all the proper waivers were in place. The operation of hobby drones however, has absolutely nothing to do with Part 107 because the FAA looks at the machines, weighing up to 55 pounds as model airplanes and refers people to Part 101 where the only restriction on hobby drones is that, “No person may operate model aircraft so as to endanger the safety of the national airspace system,” and that “The aircraft is operated in a manner that does not interfere with and gives way to any manned aircraft.” Part 101 makes no mention of altitude. That translates into the least experienced drone operators in America also being the least regulated pilots in the nation.

While most fixed wing aircraft pilots may have thought, like Rod Rakic and me (@jetwhine), that the system would at least legally keep hobby operators clear of manned aircraft, that turns out not to be true. nothing much in the way of guidance applies.

Almost coincidentally, this week seems to represent a perfect storm of sorts for others in the industry coming to much the same conclusion. In a letter sent to ICAO Secretary General Fang Liu, Flight Safety Foundation President and CEO Jon Beatty said, “Based on a number of recent incidents,

Article source: https://www.flyingmag.com/hobby-drones-just-keep-flying

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‘Big Brother’ beats ‘The Amazing Race’

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Writer

The next time your dad tells you to stop lying around the house all summer and go out and make some money, tell him you’re training to win a million bucks. That’s pretty much what happened in the season finale of The Amazing Race on Wednesday night. Cody and Jessica, having spent the past season of Big Brother taking naps and snickering at everyone around them, proved themselves lively competitors in the 30th running of the “race around the world” and won the million-dollar first-place prize.

To accomplish this, the duo defeated the two other finalist teams, Yale graduates Henry and Evan and X-Games champs Kristi and Jen. For anyone who watched Cody and Jess’s time in the Big Brother house, their Amazing Race performance was startling. In BB, the duo was an isolationist pair, cutting themselves off from the rest of the household with surly sullenness — their go-to facial expressions were dead stares. On TAR, they came alive. Jess was affably chatty and frequently quite amusing in her analysis of the show’s challenges and other contestants. Cody dropped his tough-guy deadpan much of the time, extolled his love for Jess to the cameras, and powered his way through many of the most difficult “roadblocks.” It’s hard to make the case that they did not deserve to win.

Nevertheless, there was a lot of grousing on Twitter that Cody cyborg-ed his way through numerous physical

Article source: https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazing-race-finale-big-brother-140020795.html

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Qatar says may switch part of A350 order to biggest model

Posted on February 22, 2018 by Writer

TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) – Airbus got a boost for its largest twin-engined jet on Tuesday when Qatar Airways said it was considering upgrading some of its A350 orders to the largest model as it took delivery of the first such plane.

The A350-1000 is designed to seat 366 people and competes head-to-head with Boeing’s profitable 777. The first A350-1000 was handed over to the Gulf carrier on Tuesday, joining the smaller A350-900, which has been in service for three years.

Airbus says the lightweight A350-1000 is 25 percent more efficient than the most popular current version of the 777, the 777-300ER.

But sales of the 777-300ER have picked up, and Boeing is working on plans to leapfrog the A350-1000 with an upgraded 777X boasting over 400 seats.

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Boeing last year sold 32 777-300ERs against just one order for the A350-1000. Some airlines have begun downgrading some A350-1000 orders to the 325-seat A350-900.

Qatar Airways, which has ordered both the A350-1000 and the 777X, indicated it was moving in the opposite direction and said it could shift more of its A350 orders to the largest model.

“There is a possibility that we could convert some of the 900s to the 1000,” Chief Executive Akbar Al Baker said.

Article source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-airbus-a350/airbus-says-to-keep-focusing-on-existing-a350-jets-idUSKCN1G41DX

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