“My favorite part about working on it is just the fact that I get to work on it,” added Casey, 36, of Dayton. “It’s the Memphis Belle. It’s one of the most famous planes. Everything about it, it doesn’t seem like a job. It’s what I’d be doing in my free time if I got to do whatever I wanted to do.”
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Tim Sweeney, owner of Scranton Hobby Center, 510Lackawanna Ave., stands beneath a radio control model B-25 WWII plane with a 91 inch wing span. . Michael J. Mullen / Staff Photographer
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BERWYN, Pa., March 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — RM LAW, P.C. is investigating potential claims against the board of directors of TransDigm Group Incorporated (“TransDigm” or the “Company”) (TDG). Our investigation concerns potential breach of fiduciary duty and securities claims.
On January 20, 2017, an investment analytics firm issued a report entitled “Could TransDigm be the Valeant of the Aerospace Industry?” claiming that TransDigm’s business model, including “acquir[ing] airplane parts companies (over 50 in total), fir[ing] employees, and egregiously rais[ing] prices,” has put the Company at a disadvantage in effectively participating in contract bidding. On that news, TransDigm’s shares fell nearly 10%, causing tens of millions in losses to investors.
On March 21, 2017, California Representative Ro Khanna (D-CA) wrote a letter to the Inspector General of the Department of Defense, calling for an investigation into whether the Company has potentially engaged in “waste, fraud and abuse in the defense and industrial base.” On this news, TransDigm’s shares fell 5.5% on March 21, 2017, and continue to slide, significantly harming investors.
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For the first time in 14 years, one of the most iconic planes in American history has earned its wings.
Restorers have reattached the wings to the B-17F Memphis Belle, under restoration at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Wednesday, the museum provided a behind-the-scenes look as aircraft workers reattached more pieces to the bomber’s wings in preparation for a public unveiling next year.
(Photo: NASA)
“It’s amazing,” said Casey Simmons, a restorer who has labored on the project since 2008 . “I don’t know if there’s words that really say it because you’re little and you build this kit as a little model (airplane) and now you’re actually doing the real thing.
“My favorite part about working on it is just the fact that I get to work on it,” added Casey, 36, of Dayton. “It’s the Memphis Belle. It’s one of the most famous planes. Everything about it, it doesn’t seem like a job. It’s what I’d be doing in my free time if I got to do whatever I wanted to do.”
The Army Air Forces plane is set to make its debut among fabled aircraft inside the World War II gallery at the museum on May 17, 2018, the date that marks the 75th anniversary of the 25th and final wartime mission of the storied bomber that battled Nazi Germany.
(Photo: Department of Defense)
The final crew and the bomber gained fame on a nationwide wartime bond tour, which stopped in Dayton, and for a 1944 movie “Memphis Belle” that documented
Article source: http://www.scout.com/military/warrior/story/1765754-wwii-the-mission-of-the-memphis-belle
William David Moffett passed away in South Lake Tahoe on February 18, 2017.
Rather than taking a safe, boring journey through life, he lived an eventful, full life of adventure and diverse experiences that started February 16, 1934 in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The son of George and Dorothy (Witt) Moffett, he attended and graduated from Fork Union Military Academy of Virginia in 1952. A talented track star, he attended East Tennessee State University and the University of Tennessee.
He chose to pursue his love of flying by joining the Air Force, serving his country as a lieutenant. While stationed at Mather AFB in Sacramento, he met his wife Barbara Barkley. After being discharged from the Air Force, he flew as a commercial pilot for several years. In 1961, David and Barbara moved to South Lake Tahoe, where they started a family and he began a 36 year career at Harvey’s. Lake Tahoe served as the backdrop for him to be able to pursue his many outdoor interests at full throttle. Not one with the intention to arrive safely at the end in a well preserved body, he fully immersed himself with his family in hiking, backpacking, skiing, golf, snowmobiling, sailing, road and mountain biking, and woodcutting.
He spent many hours puttering in his garage and yard and could fix most anything, or at least he thought he could. He loved to build and fly model airplanes. His innate curiosity about the world
Article source: http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/obituaries/william-david-moffett/
Think model airplanes are just a toy? At NASA Armstrong’s Sub-scale Research Lab, experiments in model aircraft can change the future of spaceflight.
“We use small-scale unmanned aircraft to test out theories and ideas before they go onto the manned world,” said Robert Jensen, operations engineer and pilot at the Sub-scale Flight Research Lab.
These hand-held planes have helped increase the efficiency of rockets and to develop crash safety systems.
Currently, the lab is working on a type of wing, called the Prandtl, which has a unique shape that may just help get us to Mars.
“The full-scale pilots are often down here telling me I have a cool job, and I find that pretty ironic,” Jensen said.
To see these small-scale aircraft in action, check out the video below from Wired:
Article source: http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2017/03/inside-nasa-lab-builds-model-airplanes/136422/
March 23–Brian Carpenter has always been passionate about aviation, and that passion has paid off.
Carpenter, 59, of Corning has been honored with the 2017 National Aviation Technician of the Year award by the General Aviation Awards program and the Federal Aviation Administration.
“In the world of aviation, this is like winning an Oscar award,” Carpenter said. “But I don’t accept this honor just for myself. We, meaning my wife and employees, altogether earned it and we are happy to be recognized. This type of thing doesn’t happen in a vacuum. We work closely as a team.”
According to the aviation awards program, Carpenter and his team has become the go-to guy when it comes to the construction, maintenance and education of Light Sport Aircraft.
In the world of aviation, that has put Corning on the map in a big way, both nationally and internationally.
Anytime Carpenter isn’t teaching a Light Sport Repairman Workshop, you would probably find him in his hanger at the Corning Municipal Airport on Marguerite Avenue working on his Electric Motor Glider or creating an aviation educational YouTube video.
When Carpenter was 5 years old, he built his first model airplane. Growing up in Whitefish, Mont., in the seventh grade he constructed his first hang-glider.
“We used it jumping off a small hill and only got about 10 feet into the air, and I think that was the only thing that saved me and my friends,” he said. “As a kid, I remember going to the airport and watching the planes all
Article source: http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12319087/corning-pilot-earns-national-aviation-award
