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Wings Across America 2008 (WAA-08) was a group of model airplane enthusiasts that flew a battery-powered radio-controlled aircraft (RC), designated as a park flyer, in all 48 contiguous United States with hopes to make all 50, if Alaska and Hawaii could be reached.
This Grand Wing Servo-Tech Slow Stick is an example of an indoor/outdoor park flyer E-flite UMX Yak 54 3D The Official SQuiRT park flyer model used in the Wings Across America 2008 event This Carl Goldberg Products model of a Yakovlev Yak-54 is an example of a high-performance, fully aerobatic park flyer-class plane Braun Model Technik Stubenfliege indoor flyer Aerial photography from a low ...
A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...
Pieces of the tires damaged the plane's hydraulic system, causing the plane's brakes to fail. [6] The captain aborted at 144 knots (267 km/h; 166 mph). The normal operating procedure for Learjet 60s is never to abort above the "go/no-go" decision speed V 1 , which for this particular take-off was 136 knots (252 km/h; 157 mph).
A bake sale, also known as a cake sale or cake stall, is a fundraising activity where baked goods such as doughnuts, cupcakes and cookies, sometimes along with other foods, are sold. Bake sales are usually held by small, non-profit organizations , such as clubs , school groups and charitable organizations. [ 1 ]
On Sept. 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed in Charlotte, killing 72 passengers. Ten people survived. It remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.
In 1910, newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst offered $50,000 to the first aviator to fly from coast to coast. The flight had to be completed in fewer than 30 days and by Oct. 11, 1911.
The "Bind N' Fly" or "BNF" purchasing option facilitated aircraft ownership for Spektrum transmitter owners, allowing easy binding without the need for an additional transmitter or receiver crystal. On September 1, 2009, when an unknown pilot flew a ParkZone Sukhoi Su-26m model onto the field during a baseball game at Dodger Stadium .