Model Airplanes

Czech company Primoco UAV SE, which develops, manufactures and sells the unmanned aircraft Primoco UAV One 100/150 soared to a sky high finish in 2017.

“When I look at the results of the whole year, I consider the development, certification and contracts for the first sales of our aircraft in Russia and Malaysia to be a huge milestone for us. In Russia we established a subsidiary to support these activities. We have also started to provide aerial services in Finland. Looking forward, I can see great potential in the sales of our new Primoco Engine 500, “says Ladislav Semetkovský, CEO.

As we review the results of 2017, we should highlight our achievements:

• In 2017, the company received certification from the Civil Aviation Authority for the unmanned aircraft – Primoco UAV model One 100 and subsequently as a provider of aerial services. It signed a partnership with the Czech Aviation Training Center for the professional training of pilots for unmanned aircraft. This cooperation far exceeds the basic training under existing regulations and further tightens safety and regulatory requirements for unmanned aircraft.
• Primoco UAV successfully completed a record-breaking 9:01 hour flight with its One 100 model.
• In less than 12 months, the company developed its own Primoco Engine 500, which combines superior performance (50 HP), reliability and a long service life (TBO 500 hours) while maintaining compact dimensions and low weight (25kg).
• Our aircraft can now be equipped with Riegl’s world-beating 3D scanner LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). Primoco UAV will start offering services worldwide in 2018 to

  Article source: https://www.suasnews.com/2017/12/primoco-uav-finishes-2017-flying-high-sales-unmanned-airplanes-russia-malaysia/

The thought of traveling by air during the busy holidays can conjure feelings of anxiety, bitterness, and even dread. For many parents with young children, the idea of wrangling little ones through a phalanx of security checkpoints and a byzantine network of terminals can be almost too much to bear. Never mind the seemingly endless layovers, complicated transfers, and agonizing waits at gates while youngsters go bonkers as boredom settles in.

Airports haven’t always been such stressful places. Beginning in the early days of commercial flight, families flocked to airports for leisure and recreation. Schools brought children to airfields for tours. Young aviation fans crowded open-air balconies to get a look at the latest aircraft or, through clubs like the Air Youth of America, held model aircraft shows on airstrips. Even today some airports have created spaces for children that encourage them to act out the roles of pilots and other personnel.

According to scholar Peter Adey at the University of London, many airports were originally designed to “encourage children and young people to interact with the airport buildings and environment” in an effort to bring about “airmindedness,” a “general enthusiasm for air travel.”

That ambition soared in the 1920s and 1930s, when aviation technology was still so new that it was considered a sign of humanity’s future. It hit cruising speed in World War II, coasting through the 1950s until the emergence of new security threats brought an end to the utopian era of flight.

The Golden Age of Aviation

Skepticism may have

Article source: https://daily.jstor.org/did-aviation-anxiety-end-the-era-of-kid-friendly-airports/

Ron Simard died doing what he loves.  

“He loved airplanes,” his sister, Louise Simard, told CBC. Louise Simard is a former Saskatchewan health minister and MLA who lives in Regina.

“That was a passion of his; he was doing what he really enjoyed…. As a kid, his ceiling at home was filled with model airplanes hanging from it. Every since he was very young he was working on model airplanes and then later on real ones,” she said.

Ron Simard was killed in a small plane crash in Panama City Wednesday. Originally from Meadow Lake, Sask., he had been living in Chame, in southwest Panama, with his wife. His two daughters and his son live in Canada.

• Canadian pilot killed in small plane crash in Panama City

Ron Simard’s sister, Louise Simard, says he flew all over North America in the planes he built. (Ron Simard/Facebook)

Building planes longtime hobby

Ron Simard was an engineer and travelled the world for his work, Louise said. He had lived in Indonesia, England, France, Ireland and the U.S. before settling in Panama with his wife.

Most recently, he’d been working as a racing technician with Red Bull Air Race, an international series of air races.

‘He had two speeds: fast and faster.’
– Louise Simard, sister of Ron Simard 

“He had two speeds: fast and faster,” Louise said.

Building airplanes was a longtime hobby. He built a Glasair, which he flew all over North America, Louise said.

“These are very light planes — very, very

Article source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/canadian-saskatchewan-pilot-crash-panama-louise-simard-1.4460248

Herbert Smedley Walters, 91, formerly of Newtown Square, a retired pharmaceutical salesman who gave generously to Friends’ Central School and Villanova University, both alma maters, died Wednesday, Dec. 13, of respiratory failure at his home in Bradenton, Fla.

Known as “Smeds,” Mr. Walters was born in Philadelphia, the only child of Katharine Amelia Smedley Walters and Herbert LeVan Walters. His mother was a horsewoman and tournament bridge competitor who played with expert bridge player-writer Charles Goren. She and his father, also an equestrian, were social members of the Aronimink Golf Club.

During the Great Depression, Mr. Walters started an egg delivery business, riding his bike through Ardmore neighborhoods to sell eggs for eight cents a dozen. He was fascinated with gas-powered model airplane engines and wanted to spare his parents from having to underwrite his hobby.

The family moved to a home on several acres in Newtown Square in the late 1930s so that his parents could keep horses and Mr. Walters could fly his model airplanes.

Mr. Walters’ education began at Friends’ Central as a kindergartner, but due to gas shortages during World War II, he attended public school for three years.

Determined to graduate with the Class of 1944, Mr. Walters returned to Friends’ Central for his senior year.  After graduation, he enlisted in the Navy as a seaman first class

Article source: http://www.philly.com/philly/obituaries/herbert-smedley-walters-91-pharmaceutical-salesman-who-gave-to-friendss-central-and-villanova-university-20171220.html

Nostalgia is flowing freely in the skies this week as Delta Air Lines takes its remaining Boeing 747 jumbo jets on a farewell tour. They’re the last of the iconic jumbos in U.S. passenger service.

The swan song stopped at Delta’s main hubs, including Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. It also landed at the jet’s birthplace, Boeing’s wide body assembly plant in Everett.

Delta Air Lines will replace its retiring 747s with more fuel efficient twin-engine wide body jets such as the Boeing 777 and the new Airbus A350.

“In addition to fuel efficiency, the new aircraft are more quiet and more comfortable,” said Tony Gonchar, Delta’s vice president for Seattle. “They have greater opportunities for things like putting an espresso machine in the galley, which we have on the A350 now. Having pods on planes that have doors that close for a more comfortable cabin experience.”

Delta is the last U.S. passenger airline to fly the 747. Rival United Airlines retired its last 747 earlier this year. But the iconic jumbo will not disappear from Northwest skies altogether. International carriers such as British Airways and Lufthansa and cargo airlines like UPS fly the 747—including to Seattle, Vancouver, BC, and Portland.

And Boeing 747 Program General Manager Bruce Dickinson pointed out with some emotion that the assembly line north of

Article source: http://nwnewsnetwork.org/post/queen-skies-bids-farewell-its-birthplace

The thought of traveling by air during the busy holidays can conjure feelings of anxiety, bitterness, and even dread. For many parents with young children, the idea of wrangling little ones through a phalanx of security checkpoints and a byzantine network of terminals can be almost too much to bear. Never mind the seemingly endless layovers, complicated transfers, and agonizing waits at gates while youngsters go bonkers as boredom settles in.

Airports haven’t always been such stressful places. Beginning in the early days of commercial flight, families flocked to airports for leisure and recreation. Schools brought children to airfields for tours. Young aviation fans crowded open-air balconies to get a look at the latest aircraft or, through clubs like the Air Youth of America, held model aircraft shows on airstrips. Even today some airports have created spaces for children that encourage them to act out the roles of pilots and other personnel.

According to scholar Peter Adey at the University of London, many airports were originally designed to “encourage children and young people to interact with the airport buildings and environment” in an effort to bring about “airmindedness,” a “general enthusiasm for air travel.”

That ambition soared in the 1920s and 1930s, when aviation technology was still so new that it was considered a sign of humanity’s future. It hit cruising speed in World War II, coasting through the 1950s until the emergence of new security threats brought an end to the utopian era of flight.

The Golden Age of Aviation

Skepticism may have

Article source: https://daily.jstor.org/did-aviation-anxiety-end-the-era-of-kid-friendly-airports/