Monthly Archives: April 2014

Experts say video doesn’t show Earhart wreckage

CHEYENNE, Wyo. – Experts retained by an aircraft preservation group say underwater video shot in the South Pacific yields no evidence of the wreckage of the missing plane piloted by aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. Earhart became the first woman to … Continue reading

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Domestic “Drones” Are the Latest Object of Threat Inflation

Recently, several news outlets reported on a supposed plot by a Moroccan national to use remote controlled model airplanes as flying bombs. The story seems to lend credibility to speculation that model airplanes could be the next terrorist threat. In … Continue reading

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Corruption Currents: From Chinese Censorship to Mysterious Plane Sighting

By Samuel Rubenfeld CONNECT Wall Street Journal Readers can subscribe to The Morning Risk Report here. Follow us on Twitter at @WSJRisk. Bribery: Mike Lucas A fourth U.S. Navy official was charged in a complaint with accepting gifts of cash, electronics and … Continue reading

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Hampton Roads Recon: Newport News Shipbuilding tapping into computer …

The proposed refueling of the aircraft carrier USS George Washington has become caught up in politics. The Navy wants to keep it in the fleet, but if the money isn’t there in 2016, they’ll move to retire it. It has … Continue reading

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New Boeing Plane Orders Wiped Out by Cancellations

By Rich Smith More Articles April 17, 2014 Comments (0) Boeing (NYSE: BA  ) released its latest report on airplane orders received — and canceled — through mid-April on Thursday, showing no increase in net orders from the previous week. To … Continue reading

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RC MARKS holds open house

Fueling up Mike Griffin fuels his radio-controlled model airplane before a flight at the RC MARKS club open house, April 12. The model is powered with nitro methane. Pre-flight Mike Griffin (right) and Gus Mayal prepare their radio-controlled model airplanes … Continue reading

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US Airways Tweets Out Photo Of Model Airplane In Woman’s Vagina [NSFW]

S The headline pretty much tells the story here, doesn’t it? Is this some hijacking (no pun intended) of the US Airways Twitter account by a rogue employee, or simply a fuck-up? (Very Not Safe For Work image below.) @USAirways … Continue reading

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