Monthly Archives: May 2016

Shoulderpod R1 Pro review:

Phones can shoot great video, but holding a thin phone steady for long periods is near impossible. And if you’re moving at the time — I may have a slight interest in shooting video from inside a landing airplane — … Continue reading

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RIP: America’s Lethal F-117 Stealth Fighters?

America’s F-117 stealth fighter has been in a state of limbo. In 2008, the U.S. Air Force officially retired the black, angular warplanes but they never entirely went away. For eight years, the radar-evading aircraft have rested in climate-controlled hangars … Continue reading

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Tesla Motors 1Q net loss widens on Model X woes

By DEE-ANN DURBINAP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) – Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc. brushed off a big first-quarter loss and cheered investors with news that it plans to accelerate its production plans. Tesla’s loss rose 84 percent to $282 … Continue reading

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The Camaraderie of Flying Small Planes

Frank Granelli, 67, bought his first model airplane in 1970 and never looked back. Today, he’s a member of and representative for the Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and a fixture at local fields like the one in Enfield used … Continue reading

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LATAM: A New Horizon For Latin American Air Travel

By: Cody Diamond and Jared Kaplan / Published: May 4, 2016 April 28, 2016 was a monumental day for LAN and TAM Airlines, two major Latin American carriers that are now known as LATAM Airlines. Not only did the company … Continue reading

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3 Dual-Class Stocks You Should Own

Bombardier, Inc. (TSX:BBD.B) is having a good year so far in 2016 with its stock up 41% year-to-date through April 29. The Quebec-based airplane manufacturer managed to snag two major orders for its CSeries jets over the past two months—200 … Continue reading

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The Monospinner: world’s mechanically simplest controllable flying machine

Fig. 1. The Monospinner in flight. The Monospinner (Fig.1), developed at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control at ETH Zurich, is the mechanically simplest, controllable, flying machine in existence. It has only one moving part (the rotating propeller), but … Continue reading

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