Model Airplanes

Chuck Meitle, 72, of Corvallis stands next to a 1941 Sperry Gyroscope Co. searchlight on his driveway in Corvallis on Wednesday. He restored the searchlight for Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park, a national historic landmark in Kodiak, Alaska. 

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A plane that crashed in Joliet last week, killing the pilot and setting a house on fire, nosedived into the ground after leaving a trail of debris for about a mile, according to a preliminary federal report.

The National Transportation Safety Board report, made available Wednesday, said the plane — a 1964 model Piper PA 30 Twin Comanche — hit the ground at a nearly vertical angle when it crashed Thursday in a residential area on Joliet’s far west side. No one on the ground was injured.

“The impact angle of the fuselage with terrain was consistent with a near vertical descent,” the report stated.

The preliminary report does not include what may have caused the crash. The NTSB continues to investigate, and a full report is expected to take six months to a year to complete.

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Mount Baker Summer Rep goes on hiatus

By Bob Simmons · Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Article source: http://www.cascadiaweekly.com/currents/mt._baker_summer_rep_goes_on_hiatus

July 26–MENOMONIE — After 25 years of being a pilot, Kerry McCauley of Menomonie finally marked off the last section of a model globe he keeps at home showing he has flown around the entire world.

McCauley, who, as an international ferry pilot delivers all types and ages of airplanes to owners around the world, said he always had gaps he hadn’t flown until he joined with a group of six Epic LT aircraft owners who decided to fly their planes around the world.

They started from Oshkosh July 5 and landed at the Menomonie airport Monday to refuel and take a break just before taking their last leg to Oshkosh on Monday night.

In Oshkosh they will stay for part of the EAA AirVenture 2016, a weeklong event that draws 10,000 aircraft and people from more than 60 countries to Wittman Regional Airport to celebrate the past, present and future of aviation.

The around-the-world trip covered 15,000 nautical miles, nine countries, 20 cities and three continents.

“The Epic is a new experimental aircraft that has a cultlike following,” said McCauley, who also owns Skydive Twin Cities.

Owners got together and decided to take the trip and enjoy an adventure together, he said. They originally planned to go to Europe and then just expanded the trip to around the world.

McCauley, who is married with two children, and other experienced pilots went along as consultants and to fly the aircraft when needed.

“The biggest challenge was getting everybody on board and keeping them safe,” said McCauley, who

Article source: http://www.aviationpros.com/news/12236344/menomonie-wisconsin-pilot-flies-around-the-world-in-experimental-aircraft

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As a gearhead at heart and accomplished sawdust maker, David L. Wood, vice president of sales, marketing and service for the Americas Region of Kalmar Ottawa Terminal Tractors, firmly believes it pays to like machines.

Bringing enhanced productivity to terminal technology and equipment, just tinkering in his shop or giving grandchildren tractor rides around the family farm, Wood finds joy in the smooth humming of gears and the associated benefits.

In an interview with the American Journal of Transportation, Wood shares his thoughts on terminal automation and the newest-generation terminal tractors, as well as the pleasures of being a granddad six times over.

What efficiencies in equipment and technology do you see being facilitated by increasing automation, including integrated software systems?

That’s a very timely question. 

Our trucking and distribution customers have been using yard management software and hardware systems on yard tractors for many years. Those systems are focused on moving the maximum numbers of semi-trailers through a distribution facility with efficiency and accuracy. That equipment mounted in the truck is fairly simple and more telematics than automation.

At this point, trucking/distribution companies are not trying to automate in the same sense that port operators are. Port customers, by comparison, are pursuing automation of the operation and the equipment.  

The requests we see from customers affecting the terminal tractor specifications are all focused on better communication and ultimately reducing the cost to move each container. To date, we have not seen requests for

Article source: https://www.ajot.com/premium/ajot-kalmar-ottawas-wood-enjoys-advancing-productivity-of-equipment-and-tec