Monthly Archives: July 2014

Flying High: Club sets sights on teaching about model airplanes

Provided IVRC Group Pics. 005.jpg Children as well as adults are involved in the Illinois Valley Radio Control Club. Provided IVRC Group Pics. 001.jpg Illinois Valley Radio Control Club members meet the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. … Continue reading

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As F-35 Remains Grounded, Hope Turns to Farnborough

LONDON — The F-35 joint strike fighter fleet remains grounded in the United States, meaning any hope of making it for the planned international debut at the Royal International Air Tattoo this weekend has now ended. Those hoping for a … Continue reading

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Airbus is Testing, Testing, Testing

FOR COLD-WEATHER TESTING, Airbus Group NV dispatched to the U.S. its new A350 long-range jet. It went to Florida; and it was May. This seemingly counterintuitive move was part of the plane maker’s effort to minimize risk in the €10 … Continue reading

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Manufacturing.net Rewind: Another Michigan City In Trouble; Boeing Checks …

Check out some of this week’s top headlines from across Manufacturing.net, from the financial struggles of the birthplace of GM to a train accident that damaged six Boeing commercial airplane bodies.   Birthplace Of GM Mulls Bankruptcy FLINT, Mich. (AP) … Continue reading

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Model aircraft buffs in Texas warily eye FAA rules

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Darrell Abby carefully wipes down the fuselage of his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk for its first flight of the day. He checks the flaps, wiggles the rudder, pumps in gas and monitors the air pressure for … Continue reading

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S.T.A.R.S. set to launch annual radio-controlled plane air show

Hundreds of radio pilots and thousands of spectators expected ISCHUA — They’ll loop, swoop, dive and slice through the sky with extreme precision. And even though these airplanes are merely scale models of the real thing, organizers of the 37th annual … Continue reading

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How Not to Win Friends and Influence People

Burying bad news before a long holiday weekend, the Pentagon announced just before 9 p.m. on July 3 that the entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter fleet was being grounded after a June 23 runway fire at Eglin Air Force Base … Continue reading

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