Model Airplanes

KUSA – If John LeMoine ever wants to park a car in his garage, he’ll have to move a few planes.

“Here’s a Constellation,” John says, pulling a small, metallic propeller plane from a cardboard box. “My first plane that I fell in love with.”

The box and another sitting next to it are filled to the brim with model airplanes. John’s worktable looks like a miniature aviation scrapyard, littered with countless tiny wheels, wings and engines.

“This is what I do all day long,” he says, sorting through the pile of plane parts.

For up to ten hours each weekday, John sorts, matches and glues, restoring hundreds of model planes to their former glory. On Sundays, he works on a slightly larger scale at Wings Over the Rockies Air and Space Museum.

On a Sunday in September, John prepared for a long day inside the museum’s massive hangar.

“This is my Duster Buster’s uniform,” he said, putting on a bright orange vest he retrieved from the aptly labeled ‘Dust Buster’s Locker.'” His rubber kneepads and tool belt equipped with two different cleaners completed the uniform.

John LeMoine is a Dust Buster – an airplane cleaning specialist. He takes care of more than two dozen planes and exhibits at the museum. He starts his work in September, cleaning

Article source: http://www.9news.com/story/news/local/storytellers/2015/11/15/storytellers-john-lemoine-wings-over-rockies/74810208/

NEW DELHI: In May, 2015, Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi sent out a message to his followers from around the world. In the recording, issued by its al-Furqan media outlet Baghdadi says: “There is no excuse for any Muslim not to migrate to the Islamic State … Joining (its fight) is a duty on every Muslim. We are calling on you either join or carry weapons (to fight) wherever you are.”

In the past weeks, as Russian jets have pounded anti-Assad positions in Aleppo and other parts of Syria, US stepped up its attacks on IS’ infrastructure like its oil wells, and the Kurds Peshmerga taken back Sinjar from the IS, it might seem that IS has been on the backfoot. The purported death of Jihadi John could have signaled real progress against one of the biggest global threats of our time.

The horrific terror attacks in Paris belie any such expectation. Yet the implications of this attack for global security and strategic policies will be immense. There are three strands that will be followed in the coming weeks and months.

First, this will be a severe blow to European refugee policies. Both Angela Merkel and Francois Hollande have gone counter to mainstream opinion to welcome refugees fleeing fighting in Syria. However the rush has spooked many countries – while strapped economies of Greece and Italy have taken the brunt, Hungary has closed its border with Croatia, Slovenia is closing its borders as are other possible entrypoints.

Article source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/ISIS-chief-Baghdadi-urges-Muslims-to-join-jihad/articleshow/49782727.cms

A report prepared by a state permitting agency shows Boeing sees the potential for a significant increase in jobs and airplane production in Everett once its new 777X widebody jet comes online beginning in 2021.

A “draft technical support” document, released earlier this month by the state Department of Ecology, shows Boeing wants the option to sharply increase production from 100 of the current model 777 jets built per year today up to as many as 125 of the new 777X jets per year from 2021 onward.

The report also provides the company’s projection that “employment at Boeing Everett is expected to increase by no more than 3,000 employees as a result of the 777X project.”

That’s almost 10 times the expected employment boost discussed in the past.

However, the production rate and employment figures in the ecology department report represent the upper bounds of the growth Boeing sees as possible rather than what is expected, said Boeing spokesman Scott Lefeber.

“As part of our normal business planning, the 777X program needs to anticipate any and all future possible requirements. Part of this evaluation requires Boeing to take action years in advance to ensure environmental permits, tools and parts are complete and ready to support our potential requirements,” Lefeber said.

“No future rate decisions beyond the current 777 rate have been made,” he added.

Production of the 777X will begin in 2017 and will initially proceed at a low rate to ensure a smooth production start. The first 777X jet is scheduled to be delivered in

Article source: http://www.yakimaherald.com/news/business/regional/boeing-may-increase-x-jet-production-jobs-in-everett/article_e70772e9-b459-54ea-bc54-4171fff522f0.html

Have you ever been curious about the part of Maine so removed from the coastline it seems to be in another country: Namely, Canada? Drive North on US Route 1, as far as it goes in the United States, and you’ll start to hear more French than English on the radio. Welcome to Aroostook County – the largest county in the USA, bounded by Canada on three sides and encompassing the northeastern-most point in the lower 48.

From Houlton to Presque Isle to Madawaska and Fort Kent, there are some pretty incredible attractions – the majority of which are quite probably unknown to nearly all the world outside of Aroostook County. But not any more. As the following list indicates, there’s reason to head to Maine’s most extreme Northern parts.

For those who would like to find out more about these, and other Offbeat Escapes in the Northeast, check out GetawayMavens.com.

1. There’s a to-scale Solar System Model on 40 miles of Route 1 between Houlton and Presque Isle. Given all the hoopla a few months ago around a similar project in the Nevada desert on 7 miles of dry lakebed, this one is bigger (actual objects are 93,000,000 times the size of each model) and older (built in 2000). Starting at the Houlton Information Center (northern end of I-95) and running

Article source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/malerie-yolencohen/eleven-things-you-didnt-k_b_8555236.html