Monthly Archives: March 2015

SCV Resident Inducted into National Inventors Hall of Fame for 3D Printing

One of Santa Clarita’s own was inducted into the 43rd National Inventors Hall of Fame at the Smithsonian last year. Canyon Country resident Charles Hull is credited as being the inventor of stereolithography – the first commercial rapid prototyping technology … Continue reading

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World’s oldest person celebrates a day before turning 117

Fagan, Augustine John Augustine “Gus” John FaganAugustine “Gus” John Fagan peacefully departed this life on Friday, February 27, 2015.Gus was born in Everett, Massachusetts, the seventh of ten children to the late Augustine Fagan and Mary Ellen Williams Fagan, formally … Continue reading

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US official: Obama still weighing sending arms to Ukraine

Fagan, Augustine John Augustine “Gus” John FaganAugustine “Gus” John Fagan peacefully departed this life on Friday, February 27, 2015.Gus was born in Everett, Massachusetts, the seventh of ten children to the late Augustine Fagan and Mary Ellen Williams Fagan, formally … Continue reading

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Maryland shootings suspect arrested near 1st shooting scene

Fagan, Augustine John Augustine “Gus” John FaganAugustine “Gus” John Fagan peacefully departed this life on Friday, February 27, 2015.Gus was born in Everett, Massachusetts, the seventh of ten children to the late Augustine Fagan and Mary Ellen Williams Fagan, formally … Continue reading

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Giant-scale model aerobatic airplanes to compete here

Giant-scale model aerobatic airplanes are set to take to the South Florida skies on the weekend of Feb. 28 and Mar. 1. Some 60 pilots from all over Florida and as far north as Canada are set to compete in … Continue reading

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Where to build model trains, planes and cars on Long Island

Diesel locomotives pass through the crossing lights on the train tracks set up in Trainland, a hobby shop for trains in Lynbrook, Feb. 14, 2015. (Credit: Esther Horvath) Those who love their model planes, trains and cars find a way … Continue reading

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From rust bucket to showpiece: Volunteers are rescuing the first Boeing 747

TWO YEARS AGO, Museum of Flight curator Dan Hagedorn walked through the decaying fuselage of RA-001, the first Boeing 747, frowned and offered a frank assessment: “No museum, anywhere, has ever faced a restoration project of this magnitude,” he said, … Continue reading

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