Model Airplanes

The Sky Rovers RC Flying Club’s airshow wows the crowd and continues on Sunday.

Melody Burri @MelodyBurri

PHELPS — Give them five minutes and they’ll make you fall in love with flying.

Members of the Sky Rovers RC Flying Club are passionate about their handcrafted, radio-controlled aircraft, and they’re proving why, to the applause of hundreds attending this weekend’s 2017 Sky Rovers Annual Airshow on McBurney Road.

Is it the mesmerizing buzz of the engines that draws people in? Or the graceful spins, loops, snap rolls, stall turns and tailslides of the model aircraft? Or could it be the pristine craftsmanship of each of the $150 to $5,000 models?

Everyone loves the hobby — or as some call it, sport — for different reasons. Take Dave Reid, who has been a member of Sky Rovers for the last 46 years.

“Everybody thinks the club is just flying airplanes,” said Reid. “But it’s the camaraderie, the fellowship. It’s just a lot of fun.”

And it’s relatively inexpensive, he said.

“We’re competitively priced with other hobbies,” said Reid. “If you’re a bass fisherman or an active golfer, you’re going to have a lot more money tied up. With us, if we spend money on something, it can be used over and over again. And even if we crash an aircraft, you can take the parts out, repair them and use them over again.”

If a person isn’t mechanically adept, they can still fly, he said. Some just don’t like the idea of balsa

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BERLIN: Germany’s second largest carrier, Air Berlin, is filing for bankruptcy protection after its main shareholder, Abu Dhabi-based Etihad, said it would make no more financing available.

The loss-making airline said Tuesday that after Etihad pulled funding, it “came to the conclusion that there was no further positive way ahead for Air Berlin.”

To allay travelers’ fears that they could be stranded on summer holiday, the German government immediately said it would provide a loan of 150 million euros ($177 million) so the airline it can continue flights for the time being.

“We’re in a time when many tens of thousands of travelers and vacationers are in multiple international holiday spots,” the Economy and Transport ministries said in a statement. “The return flights of these travelers back to Germany with Air Berlin would not have been otherwise possible.”

Economy Minister Brigitte Zypries later told reporters the money was expected to last for three months.

Union ver.di called it a “severe blow” for the more-than 7,000 employees of Air Berlin.

“Our priority now lies with securing the jobs,” said Christine Behle, a union board director. “Air Berlin must proceed with transparency and provide all important information.”

Air Berlin has been posting losses for years. It has been restructuring its operations and has been kept aloft in recent years by Etihad, which holds a 29.2 percent stake.

In December, German rival Lufthansa’s Eurowings and Austrian Airlines units reached a deal to lease 38 planes from Air Berlin.

Following the bankruptcy announcement, Lufthansa said it was “supporting the restructuring efforts of the

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But Hillwood can tap an immediate stream of customers through brokers that pair customers with charter operators.

Customers could include everything from touring entertainers to sports teams, but Hillwood wants to capitalize on D-FW’s growing presence for corporate headquarters and regional offices, as well as its own AllianceTexas, the 18,000-acre development that houses more than 425 corporations and over 47,500 employees.

“That airplane, it’s not going to be for everybody, but it fits a niche in the market,” said Mike Berry, president of Hillwood Properties, which oversees AllianceTexas development that includes the airport.

While the development has grown to include homes, office space and retail, Berry said logistics are still at the heart of AllianceTexas’s operations, making Hillwood Airways a natural fit in the overall offering.

“There’s continued growth in demand for transportation services related to aviation, whether it be moving larger groups of people or moving specialized cargo or specialized groups of people,” he said.

Article source: https://www.dallasnews.com/business/airlines/2017/08/15/ross-perot-jr-looks-raise-dallas-fort-worth-airline-high-end-travelers-new-high

Table of Contents

Introduction
Quality Control Process
Elements Which Have an Influence on the Material Properties
     Steel
     Titanium
Analysis Methods
     O/N/H Analysis
     C/S Analysis
Conclusion

Introduction

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