Players: The players in this situation are United Airlines, and their pilots. They both have in the power because they both have the ability to cancel flights. Pilots may refuse to fly in the Chicago area due to dangers associated with the winter weather, and United Airlines may cancel flights for the same reason. They both have interest in the situation because regardless of the outcome of the situation, both parties will be affected.

Subjects: The subjects would be the passengers of United Airlines because cancelled flights have a substantial affect on their travel schedules, but they have little control over what impact the winter weather will have on them.

Crowd: The crowd would be the passengers of other airlines. The passengers of other airlines have little power on United Airlines flights. They have a small amount of interest if United Airlines flights are cancelled because that may mean all other flights in Chicago are affected.

Context Setters: The context setters are the airport workers that have control of airport operations and whether the airport is open due to possible snow accumulation, but they do not have as much interest in the outcome as United Airlines or its passengers.

A vacation that was very fun and exciting for me was over winter break. I flew a small airplane from Ohio out to Montana for a ski trip. It was my first big trip since getting my pilot certificate. It was quite an adventure flying out there. We had to leave a night early because of bad weather moving into Ohio. We made it to Madison, Wisconsin and spent the night there, but due to the visibility of a quarter mile the next morning, we had to delay departure until noon. We continued until we decided to stop for the night in Wyoming. Finally, we were only several hours from our destination, but ironically, we could not leave in the morning again, this time because the surface winds were so high that the hanger our airplane was in could not be opened.

We eventually landed at our destination and enjoyed some good skiing. On our way back to Ohio we blasted our way home with a stiff tailwind. While we encountered a few weather delays, it was an amazing experience. I saw some beautiful terrain flying across the country including the black hills and Chicago skyline; I also had fun skiing.

Due to the ongoing efforts to improve efficiency of aircraft, Diamond Aircraft and Siemens AG are developing a hybrid-electric aircraft. There goal is for that aircraft to have better fuel performance and reduced noise impact compared to light piston airplanes.

Their current prototype is a modified Diamond DA40, originally a four seat single engine piston aircraft. The prototype has a one diesel engine mounted in the nose, used as a generator, and two electric motors. Each electric motor drives a propeller, mounted on both sides of the fuselage, forward of the wing. This gives it a funny, nose-heavy appearance. The diesel generator provides 110 kW of power and charges two 12kWh batteries mounted in the rear passenger compartment.

The project began in 2013, and the first test flight was October 31, 2018. The test flight was 20 minutes long and took place in Wiener Neustadt, Austria. During the flight, the aircraft performed its three modes of operation. The first is its charging mode; the generator is running and charges the batteries, while the batteries provide power to the electric motors. The second is generator only operation; the generator power goes directly to the motors, without any use of the batteries. The third is fully electric flight in which the aircraft is flown solely on power from the batteries and the generator is off. The prototype is able to cruise at 130 knots, fly for 30 minutes fully electric, and five hours with operation of the generator.

Hopefully these developments in electric aircraft will propel its usefulness in general and commercial aviation in the future.

https://www.flyingmag.com/diamond-da40-hybrid-electric-prototype-flies

My name is Andrew Shiffer. I am a freshman from Irwin, Ohio. I am in the College of Engineering. I started out in the Mechanical and Aerospace Pre-Major, but I have been disappointed in much of the straight engineering design work, that came during my first semester. I do still enjoy the engineering mind-set and problem solving, so I am now exploring a major in aviation through the College of Engineering. I have been very interested in aviation, especially World War II aircraft, since I was little and got my private pilot certificate and instrument rating last year, which prompted me to explore the aviation industry as a career at Ohio State. I do not plan on pursuing a career as an airline pilot due to the schedule and lack of desire for the airline pilot lifestyle. I do not have one specific aviation career in mind, but I love to fly. I can see myself doing many different kinds of flying, including instructing, corporate flying, and flight testing just to mention a few. I just know I would love to fly lots of different airplanes in lots of different jobs/situations.

My current idea is to major in aviation through the College of Engineering. I would also like to add a minor, in order to diversify my knowledge and add another tool to my toolbox, as aviation can be somewhat unpredictable. I have not decided what I would want a minor in yet, but I am currently looking at my options.