Monthly Archives: February 2019

Grapevine: In a word, stop

While the Academy of the Hebrew Language fruitlessly tries to eliminate foreign words from the Hebrew language, protest movements and advertising campaigns continue to use foreign words to emphasize their messages, simply because a foreign word sometimes has far greater … Continue reading

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Arizona pilot says she’s the first armless person to fly using her feet

Arizona native Jessica Cox tells Arizona’s Family she’s the first and only armless person in the world who flies planes with her toes. “Being the first person to do this is pretty incredible, but I wanted to do this because … Continue reading

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3D Printed Arms – 4 Most Promising Projects in 2019

Easton LaChepelle was a teenage bedroom roboticist, tinkering with a robotic hand made from Lego, model airplane motors, fishing wire, and electrical tubing. He entered a version into the Colorado State Science Fair, where a young girl approached him, fascinated by his project. Upon discovering that … Continue reading

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Electric Airplane Maker Pipistrel Teams Up With Honeywell To Give Us An Autonomous eVTOL

Autonomous Vehicles Published on February 9th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart 0 February 9th, 2019 by Nicolas Zart  After a slight hiatus from covering Pipistrel, we’ve got some news. The company has announced a partnership with heavyweight aviation player Honeywell … Continue reading

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California Dreamin’: Integrating Health Care, Containing Costs, And Financing Universal Coverage

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50 years ago today, the first 747 took off and changed aviation

It’s not an exaggeration to say Boeing’s future was on the line that Sunday morning at Everett’s Paine Field, exactly 50 years ago. Feb. 9, 1969, was the first flight for model No. 1 of the 747, the largest commercial … Continue reading

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A wing and a prayer: Oklahoma City church opens its doors to indoor flyers

OKLAHOMA CITY — He unpacks his gear one Saturday a month in the biggest, emptiest room he can find. “You glue the parts to the paper. together. You cut it out. You fly the airplane,” says Tom Solinski. For the … Continue reading

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