Monthly Archives: March 2016

Startup ‘Flirtey’ drone delivery is good news for nacent industry

After finishing with aerial photography, model airplane flying, and internet distribution, drone technology is getting closer to revolutionizing its next industry: package delivery. On Friday, startup Flirtey successfully completed the first fully autonomous drone delivery in the United States. Its … Continue reading

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Daesh terrorist detained over ‘model plane’ attack plot

Turkish border patrol have detained a Daesh terrorist of foreign national on suspicion that he may have been planning to carry out a terror attack in Turkey using a bomb-laden model airplane, according to the military. General Staff said that … Continue reading

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How Trade Made America Great

Adapted from remarks prepared for the 50th-anniversary reunion of the Yale University class of ’66. During our years at Yale, the world was a different place. Foreign travel was exotic, expensive and rare among the population as a whole. While … Continue reading

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Is My Airplane Now Yours? Clarifying Fractional Ownership

  Law360, New York (March 21, 2016, 12:54 PM ET) — Mark N. Lessard Dominic Pearson William DeCotiis Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit upheld the bankruptcy court and U.S. District Court for the … Continue reading

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Aviation art featured at Three Cities Art Club meeting

Painter Robert Aikins,who specializes in aviation art, will be the speaker at Three Cities Art Club meeting Monday, April 4.(Photo: submitted) Aviation art will be the topic Monday, April 4, when the Three Cities Art Club meeting features local artist … Continue reading

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Inside Gitmo: America’s Shame

by Janet Reitman | March 26th, 2016 12:40:PM EST The 9/11 trial will, if it happens at all, take place on a patch of dust in the Caribbean, within a high-security facility you can enter only with a notebook and … Continue reading

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Quicker than Concorde: Boom startup plans supersonic NYC-London flights in 3 1/2 hrs

At first glance, Boom may sound like it’s doing the same thing the Concorde supersonic plane was designed, but ultimately failed, to accomplish. But the Denver-based startup says that not only will its advanced technology allow it to fly faster, … Continue reading

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