Model Airplanes

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Brooke Brown

January 3, 2018

11:52 AM

Article source: http://www.chattanoogapulse.com/citylife/the-bowl/local-model-makers-put-the-pieces-together/

Jan 1, 2018 1:56 PM
By Virginia Garrison

It’s not entirely clear today why the U.S. Army would have produced a video celebrating small industries in small American towns in 1950. But it did—and “Sag Harbor, U.S.A.,” released online by the National Archives last month, offers a peek at what the apparently exemplary village was like more than 65 years ago.In this just-under-10-minute, black-and-white film, the camera follows a photogenic “all-American” family of five, including a little blond boy, who are “keeping alive the traditions of free enterprise their forefathers handed them.”

The narrator compares “today’s” village, in 1950, to Sag Harbor in its historic whaling heyday, as the family strolls past the Sag Harbor Cinema, with a glimpse of its distinctive Art Deco sign. They stop at what was then the Ideal—the familiar storefront now known as the Sag Harbor Variety Store—to buy what they “need and want,” with wages earned locally at Sag Harbor Industries, the type of light-filled small factory that the film touts as “the lifeblood of small communities all over the United States today.”

The women walking on Main Street wear dresses, and many men wear button-down white shirts. Rounded automobiles are parked diagonally facing the sidewalks, as well as, at that time, at spaces down the center of Main Street. The fivesome also makes a stop at the Whaling Museum, where they inspect an authentic whaleboat “now proudly riding a sea of carefully tended lawn.”

The little boy hoists himself onto the gunwale to peek inside.

Article source: http://www.27east.com/news/article.cfm/Sag-Harbor/542852/National-Archives-Releases-Historic-Short-Film-Celebrating-Sag-Harbor

Did you get a new drone over the holidays? Make sure you register it with the FAA before flying it! In 2015, the FAA started requiring drone pilots—even hobbyists—to register their small unmanned aircrafts for $5. Additionally, the regulations had new guidelines and rules to keep hobbyist pilots out of restricted air space; and that required pilots to keep drones within their line of sight.

But in early 2017, all of  that changed when a court of appeals in Washington D.C. overturned the rule for violating the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012. The previous act approved by Congress stated that the FAA may not enact any rules or regulations in regards to model airplanes, which could apply to hobbyists’ drones.

Drone Registration Is Back

Now, earlier this month, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) played a part in reinstating registration requirements for drones weighing more than 0.55 pounds. Any remote controlled UAS (unmanned aircraft system; including drones) or flying device that fits within the parameters must be registered online with the FAA. As before, it costs $5 to register your drone and it must have the registration number or unique identifier somewhere on it (this includes being hidden in the battery compartment).

You May Need to Register Some Toys

The FAA says even children’s toys that meet the definition of a UAS must be registered if they weigh more than 0.55 pounds. However, they point out that this excludes paper airplanes and frisbees as they are not considered part of a UAS.

Article source: https://www.idropnews.com/news/fast-tech/dont-forget-to-register-your-new-drone-with-the-faa-to-avoid-fines/59281/

A model of the optionally piloted Aurora Centaur at the 2015 Air Force Association Convention. (Anthony C. Hayes)

Headquartered in Manassas, Virginia, Aurora Flight Sciences has more than 550 employees and operates in six states in the U.S. including a research and development center located near MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts, manufacturing facilities in Bridgeport, West Virginia and Columbus, Mississippi with offices in Dayton, Ohio, Mountain View, California and Luzern, Switzerland. Aurora recently announced its acquisition by Boeing. Once the acquisition is complete, Aurora will be a subsidiary under Boeing Engineering Test Technology known as Aurora Flight Sciences, A Boeing Company. It will retain an independent operating model while benefitting from Boeing’s resources and position as the leading provider of aerospace products and services.

John S. Langford is the Chairman and CEO of Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, which he founded in 1989. Langford is a native of Atlanta, Georgia. He received his Bachelors degree in Aeronautics (1979), Masters in Aeronautics Astronautics (1984), Masters in Defense Policy (1983) and Ph.D. in Aeronautics and Public Policy (1987) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Prior to Aurora, Langford worked for the Institute for Defense Analyses in Alexandria, Virginia. While at MIT, Langford organized and led a series of human-powered aircraft projects, culminating in the Daedalus Project, which in 1988 shattered the world distance and endurance records for human-powered flight with a 72 mile flight between the Greek islands of Crete and Santorini. Earlier, Langford worked for the Lockheed Corporation as an engineer on

Article source: http://baltimorepostexaminer.com/aurora-ceo-john-langford-secrets-of-success/2018/01/01