Monthly Archives: November 2014

Pilot killed, couple unhurt when plane crashes into home near Midway

Luz Cazares woke Tuesday morning to a loud crash and the sight of a plane’s tail sticking out from the home of her neighbors, a couple in their 80s, just blocks from Midway Airport. “A big part of the airplane … Continue reading

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged | Leave a comment

NTSB sides with FAA in fight over drone definition

More in Regulation FAA pushes new rules for flying in icy weather Read more » Article source: http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/224537-ntsb-sides-with-faa-in-fight-over-drone-definition

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Plane misses elderly couple by inches after crashing into home near Midway

Luz Cazares woke Tuesday morning to a loud crash and the sight of a plane’s tail sticking out from the home of her neighbors, a couple in their 80s, just blocks from Midway Airport. “A big part of the airplane … Continue reading

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged | Leave a comment

Hobbyists take to the skies with their addiction

Local State Peake bill on medical cannabis is first in the hopper Article source: http://www.macon.com/2014/11/16/3427501/hobbyists-take-to-the-skies-with.html

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged | Leave a comment

What the shape of our cities says about the way that we live

Even a roaming cartophile, looking through an airplane window at night, would be challenged to identify a city by its sodium-glow footprint. There are exceptions, like peninsular San Francisco or the archipelago of New York. But few cities can be … Continue reading

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged | Leave a comment

Surveillance is sneaking its way into cities – U

  Reddit ✉ –Comments SACRAMENTO — In 1966, the then-Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas warned about an “alarming trend whereby the privacy and dignity of our citizens is being whittled away … .” Each step is imperceptible, he … Continue reading

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Print Thyself

A 3-D printer used by researchers at Harvard University’s Wyss Institute creates a model vascular network. Credit Courtesy Lori K. Sanders In February of 2012, a medical team at the University of Michigan’s C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital, in Ann … Continue reading

Posted in Model Airpanes | Tagged | Leave a comment