Model Airplanes

HOLLISTER, Calif. –

If you were in San Benito County sometime this week, you may have seen plumes of smoke near the airport. It’s no cause for concern — It was part of the Hollister Fire Department’s annual training.

Over the last three days, firefighters from all over the county have been at the Hollister Airport, setting an airplane on fire then putting it out – all ahead of this weekend’s Air Show.

Parts of three different aircraft were molded together to form this training model, which was then set on fire. Crews have to respond and get foam on the fire within 90 seconds. All of them passed with flying colors. It’s scenarios like this that the airport and Hollister Fire train for, if the unthinkable were to happen.

“Drilling as close to reality as possible,” said Mike Chambless, the Management Services Director for the City of Hollister.

This is one of the safety measures ahead of the Air Show this Father’s Day weekend. Another — all pilots and performers have to submit paperwork detailing information about their aircraft.

“It teaches us how to get them out,” Chambless said. “The particulars about their aircraft, where the fuel

Article source: http://www.kionrightnow.com/news/local-news/fire-training-at-hollister-municipal-airport/33644448

Fans of Marilyn Monroe and historic preservationists who fought to protect a small home in Valley Village where the star lived when she was still a young Norma Jean Dougherty are furious that the structure was bulldozed suddenly this week.

The home at 5258 Hermitage Ave. (map) was demolished beginning Monday, just days before a city commission was set to consider it for landmark status.

Before she was Marilyn Monroe, Norma Jean Dougherty lived in this home at 5258 Hermitage Ave. for about one year from 1944 to 1945. (Credit: CurbedLA)

The Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission was due to consider a bid to protect the developer-owned property on Thursday. But neighbors discovered the two single-story homes on the parcel were being knocked down on Monday.

Workers were on scene Wednesday, when the parcel was a field of rubble.

By early afternoon, however, the work was shut down by regulators after a representative from the South Coast Air Quality Management District arrived on scene, saying proper paperwork had not been filed in advance of the demolition.

A yellow notice to comply from AQMD was posted on the construction fence surrounding the property, stating in part that asbestos abatement documents were needed.

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PARIS, June 16, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — ESI Group , pioneer and world-leading solution provider in Virtual Prototyping for manufacturing industries, announces its participation in the 51^st International Paris Air Show in Le Bourget, June 15 to 21, 2015. ESI will present its solutions enabling industrial manufacturers in the aerospace sector to virtually build, test and experience products, thereby reducing or eliminating the need for real prototypes. Making the most of today’s digital capabilities including HPC and Cloud Computing, ESI’s Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) software empowers aircraft manufacturers and their suppliers to achieve disruptive innovations at a faster pace and managed cost.

During the Paris Air Show, ESI experts will demonstrate software solutions for the full Virtual Prototyping from parts, to components and at the full system level: following a path through virtual manufacturing, virtual performance testing, to immersive experience of the product and its interaction with its environment in virtual reality. ESI’s solutions for virtual manufacturing encompass casting, sheet metal forming, welding assembly processes, as well as the various processes involved in the manufacturing of composite parts. New materials and new manufacturing processes have become increasingly important for aerospace companies as they secure their production ramp-up and to introduce the major innovations necessary to achieve weight reduction and fuel savings whilst meeting or exceeding aircraft performance requirements. Virtual manufacturing enables companies to evaluate new materials and manufacturing processes quickly and therefore accelerate innovation.

ESI will also present its software solutions for the virtual performance testing of future products. Such

Article source: http://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2015/06/16/745094/10138730/en/ESI-presents-its-Virtual-Prototyping-solutions-at-the-International-Paris-Air-Show.html

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Members of the Tri-County R.C. Club of New Jersey held an Air Benders Slalom Race at the North Brunswick Aerodrome on the Pulda Farm on June 7. After traveling a long, winding, dirt/gravel road through the Pulda Farm in North Brunswick — and after passing groundhogs, deer, foxes and wildlife of the sort — one comes upon an open field.

Seen hovering 200 to 400 feet above the converted cornfield, just about 30 feet in front of the woods on the perimeter of Farrington Lake, model airplanes and helicopters are flown from a 300-foot runway.

The flat, grassy area is part of the transformation of the 70-acre farm into passive recreation space, as the Tri-County R.C. Club of New Jersey has occupied 20 acres to fly its aircraft at the North Brunswick Aerodrome.

“I think people enjoy the art of flying little airplanes. It’s very exciting. It’s a challenge … and takes a lot of skill to do it. And it takes a lot of training,” said Joe Plotnick, club

Article source: http://ns.gmnews.com/news/2015-06-18/Front_Page/Activity_level_at_farm_soars_with_model_airplane_c.html

Glass panel displays in the Zenith aircraft were familiar to a generation raised with computer screens within reach since they were infants. “That’s the thing with glass panel displays. It’s a lot more intuitive because they’re already used to it from playing on iPads and computers,” Heintz said. “They feel this is cool.”

The Scouts discovered the basics of lift, drag, thrust, and aerodynamics and relished their new viewpoint from the flight deck. Many happily wiggled flight controls, punched up electronic displays, and imagined themselves as future aviators surrounded by the latest in glass panel technology.

Heintz said the Cub Scouts were surprised about flying’s simplicity. “Flying is perceived as magical so a lot of outsiders think it’s really complicated,” he said. “They don’t realize it’s accessible to the average person.”

The CNC machine fascinated the Scouts because of the way it cuts smaller parts from larger chunks of metal. Workers explained how every single part is just as important as its neighbor. Heintz pointed out that kit airplanes aren’t much different than model airplanes put together on the kitchen table—they’re just bigger.

“It was a learning experience that was perfectly disguised as fun,” said Heintz. “They absorbed all kinds of knowledge; they even pulled some rivets—and they never once realized they were in the middle of an ‘educational experience.’ They loved it, and so did we.”

Article source: http://www.aopa.org/News-and-Video/All-News/2015/June/15/Zenith-Cub-Scouts-camp