Monthly Archives: May 2016

Race Car Hauling, Streamliner Style

We feature a ton of race cars here on Speedhunters, but we don’t spend much time at all talking about how they actually get to the track. And why should we? Most are transported via basic truck/trailer setups that exist for the … Continue reading

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Airbus Tackles Its Procrastination Problem

Airbus Group SE executives are trying to end what has become an unwanted annual rite: the plane maker’s scramble to hit its year-end jet-delivery promise. Last December, the company cranked out 79 aircraft, a record monthly output that represented about … Continue reading

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A Parents’ Guide to Packing Light: Baby Gear For an Easier Vacation

ENLARGE “LOOK AT ALL that stuff those parents have to carry,” I used to say to my wife at the airport. “Can you imagine checking all of that?” Checking bags, to me, meant giving up—the airport equivalent of moving from … Continue reading

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FHP: Pilot hospitalized after plane crash-lands along State…

MELROSE, Fla. – A pilot was taken to the hospital after a plane crash-landed Monday afternoon in Putnam County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.  Troopers identified the pilot as Abdulaziz Fawzi Qoutrah, 20, of Daytona Beach.  The plane crashed Monday in … Continue reading

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HighFlyer Interview: Matthias Schmid , Vice President Sales USA, Emirates

By: Chris Sloan / Published: May 24, 2016 As Emirates Vice President Sales for the USA, Matthias oversees the commercial activities of Emirates in the USA, one of Emirates strategic growth markets. Before moving into this role in September 2012, … Continue reading

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Spring Grove Elementary 5th-graders launch cardboard airplane from 113400 feet up

The goal of the project, which was set behind Spring Grove Elementary School, was not only to combine lessons of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) with creativity, but also to break a Guinness World Record for the highest launch … Continue reading

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On a Loneliness That Resembles Happiness

1) They wanted to kick me out of the Young Pioneers. The Pioneers, the Komsomol—it was a huge deal. I even cried . . . Even though I’d never had any rhymes in my head, only formulas . . . … Continue reading

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