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Monthly Archives: May 2016
Model airplane museum planned for Cumberland Township – Observer
WAYNESBURG – John Brodak’s dream of building a model airplane museum is cleared for takeoff. Plans construct an addition onto Brodak’s building in Cumberland Township to house the museum for model airplanes received conditional final approval Monday from the Greene … Continue reading
Boeing deal with Iran ‘would turn American airplanes into warplanes’
Selling Boeing aircraft to Iran would turn airplanes into ‘warplanes’, three members of Congress claim. The American firm offered Iranian airlines three models of new aircraft to replace their aging fleet last month after President Obama reached a nuclear weapons … Continue reading
The World’s Hugest Jet Engine Is Wider Than a 737’s Fuselage
At nearly 13 feet in diameter, the GE9X is the largest jet engine ever built. It is wider than the fuselage of a Boeing 737. Or, as the publicists at General Electric put it, if Kobe sat on Shaq’s shoulders, … Continue reading
Coroner IDs pilot instructor killed in stunt-plane crash – Las Vegas Review
Benjamin Anderson Soyars III, 37, of Las Vegas, was the instructor pilot who was killed when a single-engine, stunt-ride airplane crashed Saturday near Jean, the Clark County coroner’s office said Monday. Steven Anthony Peterson, 32, of Rohnert Park, California, was … Continue reading
Debunking the Drone Versus Plane Hysteria
The mass media are funny in the way they deal with new technology. First it’s all “Wow, that’s Cool!”, then it’s “Ooh, that’s scary”, and finally it’s “BURN THE WITCH!”. Then a year or so later it’s part of normal … Continue reading
Science Says This Centuries-Old Discovery Will Save the Planet
Ase/Shutterstock The United States leads the world in the number of electric vehicles on the road, but the count is still tiny: about 350,000. That’s less than 1 percent of all passenger cars and trucks in the country. Recent market … Continue reading
Science Says This Centuries-Old Discovery Will Save the Planet
Ase/Shutterstock The United States leads the world in the number of electric vehicles on the road, but the count is still tiny: about 350,000. That’s less than 1 percent of all passenger cars and trucks in the country. Recent market … Continue reading