Monthly Archives: February 2016

Mille and Airbus Create a Watch for Highfliers

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Drone owners lift off with new hobby

You’ve probably seen them buzzing overhead, perhaps at a local park or even on your own block. They zip about like mechanized mosquitoes or miniature space ships. They are drones, and they are increasingly taking flight in Napa. Kenneth W. … Continue reading

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The Contender: Winchester’s .224 Light Rifle

In 1948, the U.S. Army formed the Operations Research Office (ORO) to study and evaluate the effectiveness of infantry arms during the recently concluded Second World War. Foremost among the conclusions reached by the ORO was that most infantry engagements … Continue reading

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ITER Fusion Project: World Leader in Renewable Energy

Previous Next by Tina Olivero Today 80% of the developed world’s energy comes from fossil which meets energy demand but these fuels present environmental issues and climate change challenges. By 2050, it is predicted that the population will be 9 … Continue reading

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Buresh Blog: Big area of Northeast Pacific warm water is finally cooling off

by: Michael Buresh Updated: Feb 19, 2016 – 12:31 PM Feb. 19th, 2016 — From “NASA Observatory“: In the winter of 2013-14, an unusually strong and persistent ridge of atmospheric high pressure emerged in weather maps of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The … Continue reading

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Unlimited passion for aviation

The victor in that race was Joseph Thibodeau, a tax and aviation attorney from Denver and general aviation pilot who, some years earlier, had shown up in Reno as a spectator, joking that when he returned, it would be to … Continue reading

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Aspiring aviators earn their wings at Olympia Flight Museum

Airplanes weren’t the only things taking flight at the Olympia Regional Airport on Saturday afternoon. A group of small-scale pilots gathered at the Olympic Flight Museum to try flying themselves. But their aircraft were much smaller, and they weren’t made … Continue reading

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