Model Airplanes

Icon has been working for close to a decade to bring the A5 to market, after first introducing the amphibian to the public at EAA AirVenture in 2008, billing the airplane as a new concept that would open general aviation to the masses, and collecting more than 200 deposits of $5,000 each from eager customers. The patience of those customers has been tested, and the business model has changed significantly in the ensuing years.

An Oct. 30 email from Icon Founder and CEO Kirk Hawkins explained that the company now has “clarity on the actual cost to make an A5. While the aircraft is significantly better than we first envisioned, it is also significantly more expensive. We must raise the price to build a sustainable business.”

The new price for the A5 with all available options is 50 percent higher than the company quoted in 2016, when it noted that the price was still an estimate subject to change. Hawkins said the $389,000 price for a fully loaded A5 is now firm, and will not change through 2018. The company expects some number of customers to take refunds rather than A5 deliveries.

“If you choose to take delivery of your A5, the good news is you may be able to get your aircraft much sooner than expected since there will be some open slots,” Hawkins wrote.

Hawkins also quoted a confirmed price of $269,000 for a base model A5, but noted that none of these will be delivered

Article source: https://www.aopa.org/news-and-media/all-news/2017/november/02/icon-hikes-a5-price

It takes 580 plows and around 800 people to maintain 25,000 miles of states roads during the winter.

Article source: http://www.krtv.com/story/36708861/helena-flying-tigers-hosted-a-model-plane-competition-on-saturday

By Drew Smith, Herald Democrat

A number of Grayson County residents and aircraft enthusiasts got the chance to fly over Texoma in a nearly 100-year-old airplane Thursday, thanks to one area aviation group determined to take the public’s love of aircraft and air travel to new heights.

The Grayson County chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association flew a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor passenger plane into North Texas Regional Airport — Perrin Field for a weekend of air tours open to the public. Visitors and passengers got the chance to walk around the aircraft before embarking on 20-minute flight over the Sherman-Denison area.

“It’s an opportunity for us to introduce the aviation of yesterday to some of today’s generation,” EAA Grayson County Chapter President John Horn said. “It’s great for pilots young and old and plane enthusiasts young and old.”

EAA member and pilot Ed Rusch, who took passengers up in the air on Thursday, said the Ford Tri-Motor was the result of a business deal between Bill Stout of the Stout Metal Aircraft Co. and the Ford Motor Co. Rusch explained that the aircraft first hit the production line in 1926 and went from single-propeller and open-air-cockpit designs to the three-engine model that motored down the NTRA runway. The Ford Motor Co. built less than 200 of the aircraft and only six remain operational today.

“Henry Ford and his son Edsel didn’t agree on anything except that aviation had a future,” Rusch said. “So they saw this as an opportunity

Article source: http://www.heralddemocrat.com/entertainment/20171102/aviation-group-shares-love-of-flight-with-rides-on-antique-plane

Trending News: Here’s How To Get Model Patience Silva’s Attention

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Instagram model Patience Silva revealed her favorite spot to meet a guy and it’s so good we want to steal it. 

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At first glance, Patience Silva looks unattainable. She’s gorgeous (I really don’t need to tell you that). She’s clever, successful and funny, judging from her QA interview with FHM. But grabbing her attention won’t take some fancy yacht or a fat stack of cash, all it takes is a little…meme?

“Witty Memes. Hands-down. Not much tops a guy with a fun sense of humor!”

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Los Angeles-based Silva also revealed in the interview where she’d love to meet a guy and damn, why didn’t we think of that?

“Surprisingly, on airplanes. I know most people don’t like to talk to their neighbors, but I personally love meeting new people if it feels right. I figure they’re just as stuck next to me as I am to them… so I’m always open to chatting to pass the time. I’ve met more quality people than not, so I highly recommend giving it a-go! Some have ended up being long distance friends. And a couple even turned a little romantic!”

Surely beats hitting the club or a sweaty yoga class, if you ask me (you could also meet women with these habits).
 

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Article source: https://www.askmen.com/news/dating/model-patience-silva-reveals-her-favorite-spot-to-meet-a-guy.html

FAIRBANKS — Boat-building instructor Bruce Campbell compares hand-assembling a packraft to ironing a shirt. He’s right that there’s ironing involved, but he undersells the amount of precision. With a shirt there’s no need to create airtight seals.

Campbell’s students at The Folk School in the Goldstream Valley use irons about the size of a thumb that were designed for crafts such as model airplanes and leather work. To build the boats, the students carefully build and then heat-seal together 10 sections of plastic-coated nylon, which they also join to the boat’s durable floor.

When the packrafts are completed they are similar to the Alpacka-brand packrafts that sell for more than $1,000, although Campbell is quick to point out the messy joints of his homemade raft.

“It starts to look DIY (do-it-yourself) when you look on the inside,” he said.

Campbell, a retired geologist, has been building boats since he was a Boy Scout in Indiana. He’s been teaching boat building at The Folk School since 2015. With 25 students this fall, his do-it-yourself packraft clinic has been his most popular boat-building class.

Although he’s been interested in packrafts for years, he never had one until he built one last year.

“To me the packraft is the most Alaskan of all boats. It’s the only boat really invented in Alaska,” he said.

His students use kits from British Columbia boat designer Matt Pope through Pope’s website diypackraft.com. The kits come with

Article source: http://www.newsminer.com/features/outdoors/go-float-your-own-boat-packraft-kit-clinic-a-popular/article_b1e64d1a-c06f-11e7-9da7-5bfa4c9f08ed.html

Berthold Christian “Bert” Miller, Jr., 82, of Masonville, Iowa, passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2017, at the Edgewood Convalescent Home in Edgewood.  Bert was born on February 19, 1935, in Olpe, Kansas, the son of Berthold and Ella Mae (Diebolt) Miller, Sr.  He was raised in Kansas and graduated from Iola High School.

In 1959 Bert was married to Annie Levis Callaway.  Two children were born to this union.  They later divorced.  Bert was then united in marriage to Sharon Davis in 1973.  One son was born to this union.

Bert was a member of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Air Force. He worked as an aircraft mechanic.  Bert was honorably discharged from the Navy.  The family then lived in Olathe, Kansas.  Bert worked at the U.S. Post Office and also worked as the chief building engineer at Mutual Benefit Life Company.

In 1991 Bert retired and moved to Masonville, Iowa.  He was a longtime member of the Masonville Volunteer Fire Department and an EMT.  He helped found the Masonville First Responders.  Bert enjoyed fishing, cycling, photography, astronomy, aeronautics, model airplanes and ships, and running.  He also enjoyed caring for his dog, cats, and chickens.  Bert moved to the Edgewood Convalescent Home in 2016.   He will be missed by his family and friends.

Survivors include his wife, Sharon Miller of Edgewood; his three children, Cassandra Lowe of Leavenworth, Kansas, Mike Miller of Shawnee, Kansas, and Bret (Erin) Miller of Waterloo; five grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and two half-sisters, BertaLea Steeley of Chapel

Article source: https://kmch.com/berthold-bert-miller-jr-masonville/