My father, George, was in a big band and worked as a musician until he met my mother. That’s when he quit music – it wasn’t really possible to support a family being a musician playing gigs in those days.
Dad got a job with a big company X-raying airplane parts. I am sure he didn’t have much interest in it – he worked in a dark room all day long – but he was the sort of man who loved routine. He thrived on the security.
Carl Hess — Digital First Media
Fairview R/C Flyers Club’s radio-controlled model aircraft remain grounded in Perry Township after a Commonwealth Court ruling affirmed Perry Township Zoning Hearing
Article source: http://www.berksmontnews.com/general-news/20161216/commonwealth-judge-affirms-fairview-rc-flyers-club-activities-pose-public-safety-threat
Unlike their cross-town counterparts at the 787 Dreamliner plant, workers at Boeing’s Propulsion South Carolina facility in North Charleston rarely get to see the results of their work in a final product.
But on Friday, they got a close-up view when the company flew one of its 737 MAX test planes to the Lowcountry so dozens of workers could climb aboard and check out the company’s newest single-aisle commercial jet in person. The local propulsion center, located about 10 miles from the main Dreamliner campus, designs and builds engine nacelle inlets and designs nacelle fan cowls for the 737 MAX.
“This is really cool for the team,” said Charlie Hix, the plant’s director.
Hix said the engine parts his plant produces are typically placed on a pallet and shipped to Seattle, with the only feedback coming if something goes wrong.
“I’m seeing so many smiles on faces that are typically pretty stoic because they are getting to see their work today,” he said.
The jet that visited North Charleston is one of four test planes Boeing has for the 737 MAX program, the next generation of the company’s venerable 737 model. It has been decked out with passenger seats, a lavatory and other interior features not found on many test planes because its mission is to simulate airline travel – part of a certification process required by the Federal Aviation Administration.
“We fly the same routes that we envision Delta or Alaska would fly, showing the plane can take off, land, take on passengers and then
Article source: http://www.postandcourier.com/business/max-pays-a-visit-to-boeing-s-north-charleston-workers/article_56ee9fc4-c3aa-11e6-ab8a-2303755d4500.html
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Terry John Yingling was born on April 1, 1947 in Dubuque, Iowa to Janice Klett Yingling and Donald N. Yingling. He was preceded in death by his mother,
maternal and paternal grandparents and several aunts.
He left this world on December 6, 2016. He leaves behind his wife of 42 years, Sue Ellen Swank Yingling, Colonel (retired), USAF, NC; father, Donald N. Yingling and step-mother Betty Yingling; sisters, Sharon Martin, Debra Gunderson, brother Neil (Christy), two aunts, Patricia Klett-King and Lois Malott, plus numerous nieces/ nephews and great nieces/nephews. A sister-in- law, Marsha Karl, and her daughter, Anna Cornish (Ryan) and their two children also survive.
He also leaves behind his friend of 26 years, Jim Johnson, and many other friends.
He will definitely be missed by all of those who knew him.
Inspired by his father’s service to the United States Air Force, upon graduating from Arizona State University in 1971, Terry received a direct commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the USAF. His first assignment was at Kelley AFB, San Antonio, Texas, where he met his future wife, Sue, at Lackland AFB; they were married in 1974.
Terry separated from the AF in 1984. He then followed Sue, an Air Force nurse, supporting her career for 30 years. Capitalizing on his master’s degree in computer science from Midwestern State University, he was a computer specialist at Norton AFB Clinic, San Bernardino, California. He assisted staff members
Article source: http://www.timesrecordnews.com/story/life/announcements/obituaries/2016/12/16/terry-john-yingling/95530386/
December 14, 2016 | Vol. 126, No. 31
It’s the holiday season, and many people are buying toys for the children in their lives. For December’s Artifact of the Month, the Sweetwater County Museum is featuring a toy airplane from the 1930s, which was donated to the Museum by Robert. N. Malonek. This toy airplane is the NX-271 model from a collaboration between Little Jim Playthings and J.C. Penney. It is a tri-motor model airplane and is made from pressed steel.
The popularity of airplanes soared after Charles Lindbergh’s famous transatlantic flight in 1927, and also with the increase in aircraft technology after World War I. Despite the Great Depression, toy sales in the United States did not decline as severely as one would think. Toy companies had to become creative and find ways to make toys with cheaper materials and cheaper manufacturing processes.
Pressed steel was cheap and easy to manufacture, so it was a perfect medium for many toys, such as this airplane, as well as trains and cars. However, toy airplanes and similar toys were more common in the 1920s and 1930s. This is because of World War II, where steel was a high commodity and every scrap was used for the war effort.
In order to increase toy sales, manufacturers worked with household names and celebrities to boost product sales. Little Jim Playthings partnered with the increasingly popular store, J.C. Penney. As many Wyomingites are familiar, the first store opened in nearby
Article source: http://www.greenriverstar.com/story/2016/12/14/opinion/museum-features-toy-plane/3326.html
FREMONT, Calif. — Inside a nondescript warehouse, Lucid Motors pulled the wraps off what could either be a new force in luxury high-tech cars or another asterisk in the competitive world of automotive sales.
Dubbed the Lucid Air, the all-electric, technology-packed sedan will top out at $160,000 and in that incarnation aims to be “a private jet on four wheels,” Lucid chief technology officer Peter Rawlinson told assembled reporters.
Deposits for Lucid Air are being taken now, $2,500 for an edition that will be priced starting at around $100,000 and $25,500 for the $160,000 Launch Edition whose independent dual rear seats almost fully recline in the manner of first-class airplane seating, a possible boon to the chauffer-driven Asian market.
Eventually, the company expects to offer a version at $65,000.
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Other bragging rights of the Lucid Air include twin electric motors front and rear that combine to produce a staggering 1,000 horsepower; a wide array of Lidar, radar and cameras to enable autonomous driving; and a range of 300 miles that can be increased to 400 as an option.
Executives with Lucid Motors, which numbers roughly 300 employees based in the Silicon Valley town of Menlo Park, said
Article source: http://www.12news.com/money/business/lucid-air-is-160000-private-jet-on-wheels/371777998
