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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Dezso Molnar interview: My favorite (and least favorite) existing flying cars
Serial inventor Dezso Molnar is a man of many opinions – and strong ones at that. In fact, one short California road trip Loz Blain took with Dezso looks like it will stretch out to span five in-depth interview articles. … Continue reading
The Chinese Built a Shrine for This American Pilot
Born in a suburb of Tacoma, Washington, in October 1904, Robert McCawley Short was the oldest of two sons. His father either died or deserted the family—it remains unclear which—when Rob was 8 years old, and he and his brother … Continue reading
Latest happenings at the Stanislaus County libraries
A weekly glance at the many programs for children and adults offered by the Stanislaus County Library system’s 13 branches. Some programs are ongoing, others are special events and all are free and open to the public: KNITTING AND CROCHET … Continue reading
Policing the bird highway
On a nice, sunny day in the 1960s, air taxi pilot Dick Hamlin picked up two women and their babies to take them to a logging camp on Kasaan Bay. As the air taxi approached Grindall Island, Hamlin noticed an … Continue reading
USMC Emphasizing Spare Parts, Maintainer Training To Regain Aviation Readiness: A Headquarters Perspective
A Marine guides a CH-53 Super Stallion during a helicopter support team exercise at Landing Zone Albatross aboard Camp Lejeune, N.C., Sept. 2, 2015. US Marine Corps photo. This article is part of a two-story package on the current state … Continue reading
Princes of space/time
By Stacey Murray | stacey-murray@uiowa.edu Tucked between Biology Building East and Seashore Hall on the University of Iowa campus sits an F-shaped building quickly falling into disrepair. The walls blandly reflect a dingy pseudo-color somewhere between yellow and tan. In … Continue reading
Tuskegee Airman Arthur Hicks
LOMPOC, Calif. – Arthur Hicks had a childhood interest in air planes, but growing up poor in Atlanta, Georgia during the depression, making model planes was the most he could do. “Cigar boxes and coping saws,” Hicks recalls of the … Continue reading