Model Airplanes

Posted: Thursday, June 2, 2016 12:43 pm

Radio-controlled model airplanes to zoom into Ellington for 2-day race

By Tim Leininger
Journal Inquirer

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ELLINGTON — Enthusiasts of radio-controlled model airplanes will be gathering at the Northern Connecticut Radio Control Club’s field on Green Road this weekend for a two-day racing event.

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Henry Ford was known for making cars, but he also experimented with manufacturing aircraft, and one of his early models will be on display this week in the Elmira area.

The Oshkosh, Wisconsin-based Experimental Aircraft Association owns a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor propeller plane that was built to accommodate the new market for airline travel.

That plane, which took 12 years to restore to flight-worthy condition, will fly into the Elmira Corning Regional Airport on Thursday for a four-day stay.

People can come to the association’s hangar at the airport and see the plane for free, and for a fee, they also can fly in the craft.

Ford Motor Co. built 199 of the Tri-Motors between 1926 and 1933. The model that is coming to Elmira was originally used for passenger transport, and later barnstorming and for use by smoke jumpers.

After obtaining the plane and refurbishing it, the Experimental Aircraft Association began touring with it in 1991.

Association member Bob Bell, of Elmira, a retired air traffic controller, got to ride on the Tri-Motor when it made a stop in Elmira two years ago.

“It was really cool. It was like going back in years and riding in an old airplane,” Bell said. “They keep their planes immaculate inside and out. I went up

Article source: http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/local/2016/05/31/vintage-aircraft-visits-elmira-area-week/85196422/

Airlines expect the low oil prices that have been propping up the industry will end in about three years, just in time for new fuel-efficient planes to enter service, according to the top executives of jetmaker Airbus Group SE and lessor AerCap Holdings NV.

“Take the A320neo, the new Airbus product. We have already leased over 100 of those airplanes and we haven’t even taken delivery of the first one,” AerCap Chief Executive Officer Aengus Kelly said in an interview on Bloomberg TV with Anna Edwards. “We’ve never seen demand for a new technology asset that we are seeing for this airplane, and similar for the Boeing 787.”

Carriers have kept operating older aircraft, taking advantage of growing demand and relatively low operating costs, while preparing for a rise in crude prices by ordering fuel-efficient Airbus and Boeing Co. jetliners. Those will start arriving toward the end of the decade.

“We are definitely seeing airlines extending the life of airplanes, that we had assumed we would be parting out into beer cans,” Kelly said Wednesday in Dublin ahead of the International Air Transport Association trade group’s annual gathering. “However, we’re not seeing them extend the life of these assets past three years.”

Selling ‘Splendidly’

The A320neo, the letters stand for new engine option, is selling “splendidly” as carriers look ahead to higher fuel prices, Airbus CEO Tom Enders said at the Berlin Air Show, also on Wednesday. “If an airline orders a neo today, they won’t get it for three, four or five years.” Airlines aren’t assuming oil

Article source: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-06-01/airlines-expect-low-oil-prices-will-end-in-about-three-years

GRAND LEDGE, Mich (WLNS) – The air over parts of Grand Ledge will be filled with classic airplanes beginning Thursday.

The local Capital Area Radio Drone Squadron is hosting a three-day flying event featuring scale-model warbirds and classic planes.

These aren’t small, radio-controlled models. They are radio-controlled but these planes all have wing spans of at least five feet.

“This is a great family event,” said CARDS member Bruce Cornelius. “It’s very visual. Some of these planes were built from scratch and construction can take hundreds, even thousands, of hours. These planes and pilots are remarkable.”

The event is located at the CARDS airfield at 8328 Otto Road in Grand Ledge. The event is open to the public from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Thursday – Saturday and admission is free. A $5 donation for parking is appreciated.

ONLINE: CARDS Warbirds Classics air show

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