Monthly Archives: August 2017

Air travel: Researchers say factors like plane size and boarding method can have a huge impact on infection rates

Common boarding methods force passengers to wait together in the aisle, leaving them vulnerable to contagious disease. Credit: Arizona State University Air travel may be the quickest way to get to your vacation destination, but it’s also one of the … Continue reading

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Giant model planes flying this weekend over Santa Maria from Elks …

Pilot Joe Francis, left, of Salinas, and his spotter, Clark Stiles, watch as Francis’ plane takes off during the Tri-Valley RC Modelers Fly-in at the Elks Unocal Event Center on Friday. Models and flyers from around California are expected to … Continue reading

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Model perfectly addresses man who shamed her on airplane

This week in body-shaming: man on flight is compelled to express his opinion of someone else’s body. In our ‘progressive’ society, one of the persisting intolerances is for people who don’t fit exactly into the ‘ideal body type.’ The internet … Continue reading

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Unusual prototype lands at Oshkosh

Boeing conceived the short takeoff and landing (STOL) airplane in less than a month as its candidate for an Army Air Forces contract in the late 1940s, but the unusual design lost out to Cessna’s L-19 Bird Dog. It was … Continue reading

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Somerset County 4H Fair Celebrates 70th Anniversary Aug. 9-11

BRIDGEWATER, NJ – The 2017 Somerset County 4-H Fair celebrates its 70th anniversary beginning Wednesday, Aug. 9, continuing on Thursday, Aug. 10 and concluding Friday, Aug. 11 at North Branch Park off Milltown Road. The fair is open 10 a.m. … Continue reading

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Summer aviation camp inspires future pilots

Olivia Leclerc recently had “the best day” of her life at Grove Field Airport, north of Camas. Leclerc, 9, of Portland, made that statement shortly after having the opportunity to fly Kent Mehrer’s airplane. It was her first time riding … Continue reading

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A Rockwell Collins Deal Keeps Looking Smarter

Rockwell Collins Inc. shareholders just got another reason to like the company’s takeover of B/E Aerospace.  Shares of the $18 billion avionics company flirted with their worst decline since the financial crisis on Monday, after Bloomberg News reported Boeing Co. was … Continue reading

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