Veterans Day parade is Saturday morning Nov 7, 2009
Mid Coast Radio Control Flyers will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17, in the First National Bank Community Room. Little League. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
What would your story assignment be? Oct 30, 2009
MY boys,and I like to play around with radio control cars. Grand Island has a track for rc cars. (Columbus Telegram, NE)
Radio-controlled flying has seen many changes Oct 23, 2009
Radio controlled airplanes have changed tremendously in the 50 years since Smith began his hobby ... Back then, you had to build your own radio control ... Now you can go to a hobby shop and buy a lightweight radio control that allows you to program your plane into it. (Port Lavaca Wave, TX)
Randy Dwayne Farley Oct 17, 2009
An avid hobbyist, he enjoyed radio control cars and airplanes, H.O. electric trains, fish aquariums and photography. His faithful companion was Henry the ferret. (Ontario Argus Observer, OR)
Community Notes Sep 15, 2009
Show and tell will start at 6:30 p.m. followed by the regular meeting at 7 p.m. The program for the evening will be put on by Dave Sawitoski and Robert Schmidt about the development of Model Airplane building, from stick and paper to radio control. All meetings are open to the public. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
RC Fly-In, Air Show returns to Mt. Pleasant this weekend Sep 9, 2009
This year s event is expected to feature about 80 pilots and hundreds of radio controlled model airplanes, helicopters and jets of various sizes and scales ... This will be the fourth year that Maury Regional Airport has hosted the event which is sponsored by the Middle Tennessee Radio Controlled Club Association, a group of seven clubs from the Middle Tennessee area with a membership of more than 500 ... Some of the best radio control pilots in the South will be putting on an air show that will... (Columbia Daily Herald, TN)
Model Float Fly-In set for Aug. 29-30 Aug 26, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009 10:58 AM EDT BAGLEY TWP. -- At least a dozen radio control pilots are expected to take part in the Model Float Fly-In at the Otsego County Park this weekend. Pilots with the Alpine Leisure Pilots Society (ALPS) and from other model airplane groups across the state will be flying scale R/C amphibious and float planes at the county park Aug. 29-30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., each day. (Gaylord Herald Times, MI)
DAN KLINE COLUMN: Nothing ventured, nothing gained Aug 6, 2009
Our new store (hopefully stores) will combine traditional hobbies like model building and trains with games, radio control planes, helicopters, cars and trucks along with collectible gaming and plain old toys ... I also had commitments from local model, radio control and gaming clubs to show up and I was pretty sure my wife intended to stop by. (Swampscott Reporter, MA)
Who's The Kutest Kid Of All? Jul 25, 2009
8 a.m. to noon River City Radio Control Airplane demo, Grandstand. Noon to midnight Beverage garden open. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
East Africa gets high-speed web Jul 24, 2009
I also run a website for a radio control car club where I would like to host video files of the races we have. Greg, Cape Town, South Africa. (BBC News -- Africa)
Glitches Still Plague DC Metro after Crash Jul 19, 2009
"Operators have to go at slower speeds and need permission from the radio control center to proceed," Catoe told reporters. He said that is causing ongoing delays on the red line, and he asked passengers for patience. (CBS News -- US)
Emergency communications upgrade to cost $4.2 million Jul 11, 2009
The system utilizes a radio control channel to automatically notify dispatchers of an emergency call and identify the user. Another security feature with the new system is encryption for police agencies. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Police foil radio control zeppelin jailbreak Jul 4, 2009
Search Type Choose a search type from the items below. Reuters Cows graze in a field next to a Zeppelin airship parked outside the Swiss village of Lindau, near Zurich. (Yahoo News)
'Growing the Park' Jul 2, 2009
The Runway will showcase the wing walker show, the vintage aircraft and fire truck displays, and radio control airplane demonstrations. Sky's the Limit will present the LA Galaxy Street Team, kite flying and kite-making demonstrations. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Spring fly-in Jun 30, 2009
Murray Ledger Your Home Town News Source. By HAWKINS TEAGUE/Ledger. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
Pilots fly by remote Jun 22, 2009
The pilots of the aircraft which are referred to as RC models were testing their aeronautical mettle in a contest called all-up-last-down Saturday at the Pegasus Radio Control Airplane Clubs Fun Fly on Old Forge Road outside of Hagerstown ... sets up his remote control Piper Cub airplane Saturday at the Pegasus Radio Control Airplane Clubs Fun Fly on Old Forge Road outside of Hagerstown ... Mike Frey flies a remote control turbine jet through the air at the Pegasus Radio Control Airplane... (The Herald-Mail Online)
Harris Corporation Completes the Acquisition of the Air Traffic Control (ATC) Business Unit of SolaCom Technologies, Inc. Jun 20, 2009
These next-generation radio control equipment solutions provide extremely reliable voice switching and conferencing capabilities used by more than 100 customers on six continents. SolaCom's ATC product line will enable Harris, a world leader in ATC communications networks and telecommunications infrastructure, with the ability to address additional segments of the air traffic control voice/data systems market and further positions the company to support the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)... (PR Newswire)
Lake landing Jun 2, 2009
The Jefferson City Radio Control Club hosted its annual Float Fly In for model planes that takeoff and land on water ... The Jefferson City Radio Control Club hosted its annual Float Fly In for model planes that take off and land on water. (Jefferson City News Tribune, MO)
Parting thoughts on flying high May 28, 2009
While the radio control events are welcome, the city has made clear they will be following guidelines set by the FAA.. The city has been told not to do it, he said, the city owns the airport but we have to have a working relationship with the FAA. I don t care who is out there, it is still a city airport. (Lake Wales News, FL)
Lloyd L. Revier, 78 May 21, 2009
During Lloyd s life he enjoyed many different hobbies: radio control model airplanes, go-cart racing, golfing, baseball, electric trains, Appaloosa horses, gardening, fishing, flying as a private pilot, motorcycling and pitching softball until the age of 60. Above all, his family and love for the Lord were very dear to his heart. (Wahpeton Daily News, ND)
Metro: Stimulus money will buy 15 hybrids Mar 21, 2009
We are prepared to immediately order the buses and get the radio control project underway quickly. Metro said none of the purchases would have been possible without federal stimulus awards. (Cincinnati Business Courier, OH)
Tewksbury robotics team takes silver at regional competition Mar 17, 2009
For 15 seconds they grind together, self-controlled, until the human operators are allowed to take over via radio control for the remaining two minutes of the match. At last weekend s FIRST Robotics Boston regional competition, 53 robots battled through three days of matches. (Tewksbury Advocate, MA)
FORUM: Consumers become the controlled Mar 17, 2009
NCT staff writer Bradley Fikes told us about the "Programmable Communicating (radio controlled) Thermostats" to be installed on all new homes that would allow the power company to "remotely reset the thermostat of homes to a higher temperature.". "The radio control component ... will be a mandatory part of the thermostat, which can't be removed by the consumer.". (North County Times)
Best car stereos for digital media Mar 10, 2009
The good: Front aux input; rear USB input; three preamp outputs; ability to add HD or satellite radio control modules; interface and menu structure make finding songs a snap. The bad: Doesn't support Apple iPod. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Plane Show Flies into Perry Mar 8, 2009
Plane lovers watched control line, radio control and electric indoor flying demonstrations. Rob Hailey from Carrollton said, "I do the full scale airplanes too and models are just about as much fun, if not more fun.". (13WMAZ.com, GA)
REGION: North County students battle with 'bots Mar 6, 2009
In the first part of the match the robots move automatically, then in the final minutes of the match the students drive the robot by radio control. At the same time there is one student per team that throws balls into the field. (North County Times)
Planes turn heads at miniature air show writeLink("vid_id=1474&file=airexpo.flv"); Feb 22, 2009
Radio control enthusiasts converted cell phone batteries to power the motors ... Rosas was among more than 80 radio control pilots from throughout the Midwest to come to Cedar Falls for the weekend event ... "It's always 72 and sunny at the Dome," said Brian Jebe, of the Black Hawk Radio Control Pilots Club. (Waterloo Courier, IO)
