Model Airplanes

President Obama signed a defense funding authorization into law that contained a provision to prioritize special missions, including the one at the Vienna station, for airplane upgrades. The law requires Defense to report back to Congress by February about its upgrade plans.

“This law is a victory for us because it forces the Defense Department to act,” said Chamber’s military affairs director Vito J. Abruzzino. “It shows that our local efforts have paid off.”

U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, and Rob Portman, R-Ohio, have been urging the Air Force to replace the 910th’s current fleet to ensure the unit can complete its missions safely, Abruzzino said.

Also promoting the project was the Regional Chamber’s Eastern Ohio Military Affairs Commission, which Abruzzino said worked with local elected officials, consultants and national military groups to analyze detailed data and trends at other military bases.

“The Chamber and other area stakeholders have long been concerned about the legacy aircraft in Vienna. The fleet was state-of-the-art in 1989 but now faces significant parts and navigation technology issues,” Abruzzino said.

Abruzzino said the current fleet of C-130s is still operating on analog rather than digital technology.

The local efforts included promoting the unique value of the 910th’s dual roles of mission support and aerial spray, which Abruzzino said protects against emerging mosquito-borne threats like the Zika virus.

“We are the only Department of Defense aerial spray mission,” said Abruzzino, noting the 910th recently went on missions as far as Puerto Rico.

With additional consideration given

Article source: http://www.tribtoday.com/news/local-news/2016/12/c-130s-at-air-station-in-vienna-will-get-upgrade/

Stick 200 sheets of A5 paper into the back of this machine gun and instead of firing bullets when you pull the trigger, it will unleash a barrage of up to 120 paper airplanes every minute.

Dieter Michael Krone’s paper airplane folding machine first appeared back in 2014, but since then he has vastly improved its design and performance. Built from a combination of 3D-printed components and purchased parts, the completely custom creation, now known as the PFM A5 v2.0, is the least intimidating machine gun you’ve ever seen—unless you’re a teacher at the front of a classroom finding yourself suddenly being bombarded with hundreds of paper planes.

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Article source: http://gizmodo.com/fire-a-barrage-of-paper-planes-with-an-origami-machine-1790551170

December 28, 2016 at 5:00 am |
By MARY MALONE Staff writer

• (Photo by MARY MALONE)
  Area students have been building a Zenith Zodiac light sport plane over the past year and and a half through the North Idaho High School Aerospace programs Aces Aviation Workshop. The plane is scheduled to take flight in the spring.

• (Photo by MARY MALONE)
  Area students have been building a Zenith Zodiac light sport plane over the past year and a half through the North Idaho High School Aerospace programs Aces Aviation Workshop. The plane is scheduled to take flight in the spring.

• (Photo by MARY MALONE)
  Area students have been building a Zenith Zodiac light sport plane over the past year and and a half through the North Idaho High School Aerospace programs Aces Aviation Workshop. The plane is scheduled to take flight in the spring.

• (Photo by MARY MALONE)
  Area students have been building a Zenith Zodiac light sport plane over the past year and a half through the North Idaho High School Aerospace programs Aces Aviation Workshop. The plane is scheduled to take flight in the spring.

SANDPOINT What better way to teach kids somereal-life technicalskills thanby building an actual airplane, which after more than a year of hard work by local students is scheduled to take flight in the spring.

“Students who are working on it, they’re learning a lot more than just how to use tools and drilling rivets,” said Ken Larson, co-founder of

Article source: http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/local_news/20161228/area_students_take_flight

  
In the late 1940s, the beginnings of what would become ArmaLite was formed in George Sullivan’s California garage as he and a few employees set about designing lightweight modern firearms that used the latest metal alloys and plastics. In 1954, Sullivan merged his venture with the Fairchild Engine and Airplane Corp. to form its ArmaLite Division (the ArmaLite logo became Fairchild’s Pegasus in the center of a crosshair). Utilizing much of the technology and materials associated with the aircraft industry, it seemed like the perfect partnership when the U.S. Air Force came knocking.

During World War II, as aircraft range had increased and aircrews traveled longer distances over uninhabited terrain, the Air Force realized the need for a survival weapon. Each country sought a different solution. The Germans issued a J.P. Sauer drilling in 9.3×74 mm R and 12 gauge to their fliers operating in North Africa. The Americans experimented with .45 ACP shot cartridges (M12 and M15) that would function in the M1911s U.S. pilots were already carrying in their shoulder holsters. The Army Air Corps later issued 15,000 Stevens Model 24 .22 Long Rifle and .410 bore over-and-unders with plastic Tenite stocks to bomber and transport crews flying in the Pacific theater.

In the nuclear age that followed World War II, America’s fleet of long-range strategic bombers began operating over thousands of miles of uninhabited terrain. The newly independent Air Force designed its first purpose-built survival rifle in 1949. Designated M4, the magazine-fed bolt-action, manufactured by Harrington

Article source: https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2016/12/27/the-unlikely-resilience-of-the-ar-7-survival-rifle/