Monday, July 30, 2018

Links to AIRPLANES, HELICOPTERS AND FLIGHT



NEW WEBSITES ABOUT FLIGHT

 
 






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WEBSITES ABOUT FLIGHT
Flight (Wikipedia)

 Flying Machines

 Early flying machines (Wikipedia)

 10 insane – but very real – flying machines (NBC News)

 How planes work | the science of flight (Explain That Stuff)

 Learn to fly (AOPA)

ARTICLES ABOUT FLIGHT
KLM to fund development of fuel-efficient Flying-V plane (CNN)

 5 dead after midair collision in Alaska (CNN)

 How far can a plane fly if both its engines fail? (The Telegraph)

 Why Do Planes Fly At 36,000 Feet? What Is An Airplane's Altitude? (Thrillist)

 The 30 Most Important Airplanes of All Time (Popular Mechanics)

FLIGHT VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE

 How Drones Could Change The Shipping Industry

Ion Propulsion - The Plane With No Moving Parts

The Safest and Most Reliable Plane | The Immortal Beaver | Spark

strangest planes and flying apparatus in the world

Plane Overruns Runway

Single Pilot Jet Flight- Carlsbad to Dallas

Chuck Yeager on Air Combat

Flying in Wild Beautiful Alaska [] The Last Frontier [] Cessna 182


How to fly independently In a wheelchair - My top tips and tricks

Why are the airplanes losing speed?

FanWing/EU SOAR: Distributed-propulsion aircraft with a trapped vortex inside the rotor cage

 Odd Ducks: Unusual aircraft in the Movietone collection, 1921-1934

Why do Boeing 737-200s still fly in Canada?

Boeing B-52 Stratofortress-documentary

15 incredible aircraft and innovative aerial vehicles

Fastest Piston Twin - Aerostar 600

Day in the life as a corporate pilot

Top 10 flight school scams

10 secrets about airline food you never realized

Student pilot has near miss! George saved my life.

The most embarrassing way to crash an airplane - Thoughts on fuel exhaustion

 5 ways flight schools cheat students

 What the media gets wrong about aviation and air travel on the news

Top 7 mistakes you're most likely to make as a new pilot.

How much does it cost to get your private pilot license | How To Save Money

Hot spring hop with the Kitfox!! Flight VLOG (Part 1)

Where do pilots+flight attendants sleep on planes?

Life as a helicopter pilot flight vlog

Why light sport airplanes suffer so many crashes

Engine failure on mountain top takeoff

Every pilot's worst nightmare

The most amazing vertical takeoff. Top 8 

Gyrocopter girl flying Costa Rica Carate 2017 03

Short SC-7 Skyvan engine start-up and takeoff

 Flying to a deserted island on my paramotor!
I feel sorry for Norwegian Air flight attendants

The world's biggest RC scale model turbine helicopter

Meghann's first solo

Top 10 failed flying machines

Top 5 unusual aircraft

A doomed aircraft is left to fly until it runs out of fuel | Fatal Silence

Are planes with parachutes really safer?

 Adventures in the Quickie Q200 - Unable to Get Full Engine Power

 This 60 year old aircraft is so fast it can reach space: X-15 Story

 10 AWESOME PERSONAL AIRCRAFT | Gyrocopter (Top Picks)

 The 30 year-old airline that's never flown

 WHY pilots fly this instead of a helicopter l AutoGyro Cavalon

 Why are the airplanes losing speed?

 Why you wouldn't want to fly the first jet airliner: De Havilland Comet story

 Ion Propulsion - The Plane With No Moving Parts

 P-39 Airacobra - One of the rarest WW2 warbirds

 Flying Inverted - Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - P3D

 Top 5 bush planes in the world

 5 personal airplanes you can buy for less than $20,000

 Hair raising facts about airplanes

 7 amazing secrets airlines don't want you to know

 Top 10 future aircraft

 The future of airplanes

 Flying cars are NOT the future of flight! This is...

 6 Next Future Transportation You Must See

 Flight attendant tells unsuspecting mom to get off plane then her world gets turned upside down

 Why the world is running out of pilots

 Could SpaceX's BFR replace traditional airliners?

 Inside Trump’s $100 million private plane | Mighty Planes

 Top 10 fictional movie aircraft

 10 mini personal aircraft | innovative aircraft design

 Meet the dazzling flying machines of the future | Raffaello D'Andrea

 Top 7 most amazing real flying cars coming before 2020

 Meet Cora

 Top 5 future vehicles that will revolutionize transportation

 5 AMAZING FUTURISTIC AIRCRAFT - Future Flying Vehicles (Top Picks)

 Why Gear Up Landings Happen

 Lift off with a personal aerial vehicle - BBC Click

 5 future aircraft YOU MUST SEE


7 futuristic aircraft you need to see to believe

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Friday, July 27, 2018

SALEM GLEN article for Winston-Salem Journal's golf special section

(NOTE: Written for the Winston-Salem Journal's 2018 golf special section.)




 Professional instruction a highlight at Salem Glen
By Tom Gillispie
The Salem Glen Golf and Country Club in Clemmons features a unique golf course in the Triad.
First, it is the only Triad course built by Glen Day, the architect for golf great Jack Nicklaus. The club plays that up with the Jack’s Grille snack bar and a members-only area called the Bear’s Club, echoing Nicklaus’s nickname, the Golden Bear.
Club owner and general manager Darren Mangus says that Salem Glen especially stands out because of its instructors.
“As we were thinking about  and how we could make Salem Glen different and make us stand out about the rest of the (Triad) courses, one of the things we thought about was professional instruction,” said Mangus, who took over ownership of Salem Glen on March 31, 2016.
“You can go to pretty much any golf course and the pro will give you lessons,” Mangus added. “Some courses don’t have a class-A PGA professional; we’re fortunate to have two, with Jimmy (McMullen) and Justin (Malone). We’ve very excited, because when we looked around the Winston-Salem area there’s not a true golf academy out there, where someone is just dedicated full-time to teaching, with good equipment to do it with.”
Malone, the head professional, says he teaches about 30 hours a week, and McMullen teaches 40 hours per week. And he says it IS a big deal to have a full-time instructor with PGA certification.
“It really is,” Malone said, adding that it’s a reason Salem Glen has a growing membership.
“Some golf course hire people who are not PGA certified,” Malone added. “(McMullen) has no obligation to the shop; he’s just a teacher.”
Malone says Salem Glen has several teaching programs, including summer camps for juniors and adults, plus group clinics on weekends for middle-school, high-school and JV golfers. McMullen is also the head coach for the West Forsyth High School girls team and the West JV boys team.
“About anything you can think of (in teaching), we have it,” Malone said.
Asked if it’s tough being a full-time instructor, McMullen said, “No, not really. You have to enjoy teaching, and you need patience. I love it.”
The course in Western Forsyth County features 150 feet of elevation change, 4½ miles of creeks and nine lakes scattered throughout the layout.
Malone, a native of Oak Ridge who attended the town’s military academy, says the Clemmons golf course is “just a very playable course.
“We are family oriented, with a growing membership,” he added. “The staff has brought new energy. We have great food and a golf academy with Jimmy McMullen the head of instruction. It’s a very active club.”
When asked about his favorite hole, Malone said, “I’d say No. 11, just because of the tree. You can hit just about anything there; it’s neat, very narrow (the green).”
That tree,  which hangs out over the fairway, is featured in Salem Glen’s logo.
“The best view is off the No. 4 green,” Malone continued. “You can see (the fairways) numbers 5, 6 and 7, plus a bit of 8. The front nine is more link style, and the back nine is more woodland.”
Malone says he hasn’t yet made a hole in one at Salem Glen.
“I’ve come close,” he said. “I’ve made seven holes in one (overall). I got one while skipping school, and they found out about it the next day from reading the (news)paper.”
Malone says the club has plans to add tournaments in the near future, perhaps one or more Carolina Golf Association tournaments.
“We have a lot of plans; we just need to finish doing them,” he said.
Salem Glen’s golf shop hours are currently 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.
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