Model Airplanes

Trevor Bauer had hoped to pitch a bloody good game. Instead, he had trouble finding the plate and his pitch count rose rapidly.

Nine days after he walked off the mound with his stitched-up right pinkie dripping blood as if in some horror flick, Bauer failed to finish the fourth inning and left the Cleveland Indians with a two-run deficit. The Chicago Cubs went on to a 5-1 victory Wednesday night behind Jake Arrieta, tying the World Series at one game apiece as it heads to Wrigley Field for the first time since 1945.

“I just wasn’t sharp for whatever reason,” Bauer said.

His postseason interrupted by a sliced finger, the result of tinkering with one of the drones he enjoys flying as a hobby, Bauer never got into a flow against the Cubs. He started six of his first nine batters with balls while scattering pitches high, low and wide. Anthony Rizzo’s RBI double in the first and Kyle Schwarber’s run-scoring single in the third — his first hit on a 3-0 pitch — built Chicago’s 2-0 lead.

“They never let him settle into the game,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “They didn’t chase. They had a lot of deep counts.”

Bauer said he entered the start with his normal routine, but did throw to batters on Monday. He needed 87 pitches to get 11 outs on the 43-degree night.

“Tough conditions to play in, obviously,” he said.

A 25-year-old right-hander selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks from UCLA

Article source: http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/bauer-beaten-cubs-bloodied-drone-43091806

Photo Courtesy of Gianna Ciaglia

Gianna Ciaglia, freshman in aerospace engineering, poses with a rocket she built in her Aerospace 100 course.

Kayla Guo, Contributing Writer
October 27, 2016

Seventy-five years ago marked the formation of the 99th Pursuit Squadron at the Chanute Air Force Base in Rantoul. A portion of these men would go on to make history in WWII under the nickname of the Tuskegee Airmen, the Army Air Force’s first African-American fighter squadron.

Less than 30 years later, man would set foot on the moon with the help of aviation technology.

November is Aviation History Month, which gives people a chance to commemorate past milestones in the development of mechanical flight and to recognize current innovations.

The University campus and the surrounding community promotes aviation history with a variety of clubs.

“When the Chanute base closed, the town of Rantoul helped with the formation of Chanute Air Museum,” said Carson Vericker, Rantoul airport operations supervisor. “It opened in 1994 and was a combination of general aviation and military aviation. The museum stayed in operation until November 2015.”

Gianna Ciaglia, freshman in Engineering, developed a passion for space and astronomy early on in her life after growing up next to Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colorado.

“I’m used to having all these

Article source: http://dailyillini.com/features/2016/10/27/community-encourages-aviation-appreciation/

Growing up in Nashville in the 1920s and ’30s, Bob Hoover spent hours putting together model airplanes. Later, he’d ride his bike 15 miles just to hang out at the local airfield.

The rest of the story was probably predictable.

“The only thing I ever wanted to do was fly airplanes,” Hoover wrote in his 1996 autobiography, “Forever Flying.”

And fly he did.

Robert “Bob” Hoover, who lived in Palos Verdes Estates more than 40 years until just recently, died early Tuesday morning at the age of 94 at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, ending what was a soaring tale of dreams come true.

Hoover was a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War, an Air Force

Article source: http://www.dailybreeze.com/obituaries/20161025/bob-hoover-1922-2016-sky-was-the-limit-for-legendary-south-bay-pilot

Paul Catala

LAKELAND — It’s a scaled-down way to take a time-traveling trip back to the skies of World War II.

Beginning today, Oct.20 and running through Saturday, Oct. 22, the war birds of yesterday will take to the sky over Lakeland once again, as the Twelve O’clock High Warbirds Classics radio-controlled aircraft event is held at Paradise Field at the Lakeland Linder Regional Airport.

From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, radio-controlled model planes — some of which have wingspans of over six feet — will fly under the remote-controlled instruction of their makers and owners. The sky will become abuzz with replica warplanes, biplanes and planes of yesteryear, representing more than six decades of aviation history.

Event organizer and promoter Frank Tiano some of the radio controlled airplanes have average weights of 50 pounds, run on 20 or more horsepower and can cost up to $30,000.

“These aren’t your kids RC models,” said said Tiano, who’s been in the model aircraft hobby since 1951. “These are serious hobbyists.”

Tiano said 12 O’Clock High draws about 100 pilots flying 220 airplanes and as many as 4,000 spectators on the ground, looking up. He said the event is also a draw for boosting local business and is “the only scale aero-modeling event in the world with cash prizes.”

“I came to realize it’s also good for the community,” he said. “I enjoy making things work and people making money, people having a good time. So, I’m providing a service and fun at the

Article source: http://www.theledger.com/news/20161019/12-oclock-high-model-aviation-event-takes-off-oct-20-22

After a slow start to the first three quarters of 2016, Airbus Group SE (AIR.PA) is aiming to bolster production considerably to end the year strong. The European manufacturer has promised shareholders that it will significantly increase production levels in order to achieve its projected earnings and delivery figures for the year. This comes after a period of profit decline and low production, weighed down considerably by delays in delivery of a new model of aircraft throughout the first part of the year.

24 New Shipments by Year’s End

Airbus has stated its aim to produce and deliver 24 new A350 model airplanes in the last three months of the year. Given the incredible cost and time investment required in each A350, this is a highly ambitious goal, especially considering that this figure is just slightly lower than the total number of A350s produced in the first three quarters of 2016. Part of the reason for the slump in production earlier in the year was a shortage of airline seats, which held up manufacturing and, in turn, delivery and profits. Airbus has also stated its goal of increasing production levels on the newly redesigned A320neo, which suffered manufacturing setbacks due to problems with the engine.

Cutting Jobs as Well

Airbus will also eliminate close to 600 employee jobs from its helicopter branch, in response to a general slowdown of sales in that division. With the shifts in strategy and production, the company is optimistic that it will still be

Article source: http://www.investopedia.com/news/airbus-pushing-meet-production-goals-after-profit-falls-21-airpa/