Model Airplanes

By Michael Sasso and Frederic Tomesco / Bloomberg News

Delta Air Lines is eyeing New York and Los Angeles as the main bases for Bombardier’s new jetliner next year, offering a glimpse of how carriers can add service economically with the not-quite-midsize plane.

Dallas is also likely to get a lot of C Series flights, Delta said in an internal memo to pilots, a copy of which was reviewed by Bloomberg News. That sets up a test of the carrier’s ability to use the single-aisle aircraft to attract customers in the backyard of American Airlines Group and Southwest Airlines.

Delta is the first major U.S. carrier to buy the C Series, a midrange aircraft that offers roomier interiors than regional jets while typically carrying fewer passengers than a Boeing 737 or Airbus A320. The Bombardier aircraft, which the Montreal-based company has spent at least $6 billion to develop, should enable airlines to offer comfy rides to midsize cities without flooding the market with too many seats.

“From the standpoint of operating costs, from the standpoint of ownership costs, it’s an ideal aircraft for these not-quite-mainline markets,” said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant and former airline executive. “If it performs as advertised, reliably, it’s going to be a real game-changer.”

Morgan Durrant, a spokesman for Delta, declined to comment on the memo or how the company will use the C Series. The aircraft is scheduled to enter service for the Atlanta-based airline in the second quarter of 2018, according to the Aug. 7 notice to pilots,

Article source: https://www.heraldnet.com/business/new-york-l-a-seen-by-delta-as-bases-for-new-bombardier-jet/

Great Barrington Rotary and Airport will present the seventh annual Berkshire Bike-N-Fly Festival from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Great Barrington Airport, 70 Egremont Plain Road.

Bike rides of varying lengths through the Berkshires begin at 9 a.m. Pre-registration for the bike ride is required.

A full day of activities features scenic airplane, bi-plane, helicopter, and balloon rides; paragliding and parachute jumping demonstrations; model planes, a flight simulator, new and old airplanes, food and other vendors, live music, face painting, bouncy castle, raffle prizes, a dunk tank, and more.

New attractions include a Cow Plop game and a mountain bike demonstration featuring world record holder Jeff Lenowsky.

Admission is $15 per car load. Proceeds from the event help fund scholarships and community projects.

For more information, visit www.berkshirebikenfly.org.

Article source: http://www.berkshireeagle.com/stories/great-barrington-annual-bike-n-fly-festival-slated-aug-19,516816

The Southwest Area Park Modelers, expanding its annual community-service fundraiser, will hold its first Baltimore Bash Saturday.

The Baltimore Highlands-based group is part of the Academy of Model Aeronautics, a nonprofit that promotes model aviation as a recreational sport and hobby.

The group, which has about 120 members, has held a benefit for a veteran-related charity the last three years. This year, the gathering will benefit Disabled American Veterans, a nonprofit that assists disabled veterans in need and their families.

Art Vail, the group’s treasurer and event coordinator, said there are several veterans who are part of it.

Our much-loved father, grandfather, and friend, Charles Kramer, 88, of Willard, Missouri, died Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, after living with Parkinsons Disease for many years.

Charles Thomas Kramer was born on April 13, 1929 to Louis and Mabel (Miller) Kramer in Le Mars. He graduated from Le Mars Central High School in 1947.

Charles was drafted into the Marines and served two years during the Korean War where he was stationed in Hawaii making a trip to Korea to retrieve wounded soldiers. Most notably, during his tour of duty he was witness to atomic bomb testing in Nevada.

On June 29, 1955, he was united in marriage to Lillian Elsie Graff at St. Pauls Evangelical United Brethren Church in Jamestown, North Dakota. They raised their seven children in Le Mars.

Charles was a contractor his entire life: first working at Kramer Construction alongside his own father and brother in Le Mars, and later with his sons, Bob, Jim and Rich Kramer where he retired from Rich Kramer Construction, Springfield, Missouri in 2005.

Had it not been for Parkinsons he would probably have never retired.

As a youngster, Charles enjoyed building model airplanes. He had so many hanging from his bedroom ceiling his father was afraid to enter for fear of disturbing them. He also was an avid woodworker, passing both of these passions on to his sons. Charles also enjoyed trains. As an adult he acquired his own miniature engine and cars that his grandchildren could actually ride on. Many

Article source: http://www.lemarssentinel.com/story/2435261.html

In June 2010, a Cessna T310R crashed in fine weather while on final approach at Ruidoso, New Mexico. Five people perished, two survived. The survivors were 12 and 16 years old, and I suspect that they were probably in the aftmost seats. Another young person, an 11-year-old boy, was double-­belted in the right front seat with his mother.

Parenthetically, FAR 91.107, which concerns seat belts, does not explicitly forbid the practice of double-­belting. The rule says everyone (except children under 2) must occupy a seat with safety belts, but does not stipulate that all passengers be in different seats. After this accident, the National Transportation Safety Board urged the FAA to amend the rule, but the FAA chose not to do so.

The 310 is intended to carry only six people, including the pilot, but despite the overpopulation the NTSB concluded that the airplane’s weight and CG location were within limits and loading was not the cause of the accident. The cause was, instead, a familiar and banal one: The pilot got too slow, and the airplane stalled and departed into an incipient spin. “Contributing to the accident,” the NTSB went on, “was the pilot’s limited experience in the airplane make and model.”

I would suggest, however, that the loading probably did have something to do with it.

The private pilot, 49, had around 850 hours. In an insurance document associated with his acquisition of the 310 three months before the accident, he reported 156 hours of multiengine time, including five hours in Cessna 310s. The pilot’s insurance policy

Article source: http://www.flyingmag.com/aftermath-high-heavy-and-slow

Delta Air Lines Inc. is eyeing New York and Los Angeles as the main bases for Bombardier Inc.’s new jetliner next year, offering a glimpse of how carriers can add service economically with the midsize plane.

Dallas is also likely to get a lot of C Series flights, Delta said in an internal memo to pilots, a copy of which was reviewed by Bloomberg News. That sets up a test of the carrier’s ability to use the single-aisle aircraft to attract customers in the backyard of American Airlines Group Inc. and Southwest Airlines Co. 

Delta is the first major U.S. carrier to buy the C Series, a midrange aircraft that offers roomier interiors than regional jets while typically carrying fewer passengers than a plane from the Boeing Co. 737 or Airbus SE A320 families. The Bombardier aircraft, which the Montreal-based company has spent at least $6 billion to develop, should enable airlines to offer comfy rides to midsize cities without flooding the market with too many seats.

“From the standpoint of operating costs, from the standpoint of ownership costs, it’s an ideal aircraft for these not-quite-mainline markets,” said Robert Mann, an aviation consultant and former airline executive. “If it performs as advertised, reliably, it’s going to be a real game-changer.”

Morgan Durrant, a spokesman for Delta, declined to comment on the memo or how the company will use the C Series.

Article source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-14/delta-memo-signals-plan-for-new-bombardier-jet-in-l-a-new-york

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Article source: http://www.lohud.com/story/news/crime/2017/08/13/letgo-sale-botched-robbery-tappan/562942001/